The Origins Of Bolshevism
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Few political upheavals have reshaped the modern world as profoundly as the Russian Revolution, and The Origins of Bolshevism by Theodore Dan stands as one of the most authoritative and intimate accounts of the ideological forces that made it possible. Written by a leading Menshevik who lived through the turbulent decades of Russian socialist politics, this landmark work chronicles the intellectual and organisational evolution of the Russian Social Democratic movement, tracing the fierce factional struggles, ideological schisms, and revolutionary pressures that ultimately gave birth to Lenin's Bolshevik party. Dan writes with the rare authority of a participant-historian, blending rigorous analytical clarity with the passion of a man who witnessed history firsthand, making this work an indispensable primary source for understanding the birth of Soviet communism. Translated from the Russian by Joel Carmichael and prefaced by the distinguished scholar Professor Leonard Schapiro, this edition situates Dan's arguments within the broader context of twentieth-century political thought. For anyone seeking to understand not just what happened in 1917, but *why* — and how decades of underground struggle, bitter debate, and competing visions of socialism made it inevitable — this singular volume holds the answers.
Author: Theodore Dan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Secker & Warburg
Genre: European history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Few political upheavals have reshaped the modern world as profoundly as the Russian Revolution, and The Origins of Bolshevism by Theodore Dan stands as one of the most authoritative and intimate accounts of the ideological forces that made it possible. Written by a leading Menshevik who lived through the turbulent decades of Russian socialist politics, this landmark work chronicles the intellectual and organisational evolution of the Russian Social Democratic movement, tracing the fierce factional struggles, ideological schisms, and revolutionary pressures that ultimately gave birth to Lenin's Bolshevik party. Dan writes with the rare authority of a participant-historian, blending rigorous analytical clarity with the passion of a man who witnessed history firsthand, making this work an indispensable primary source for understanding the birth of Soviet communism. Translated from the Russian by Joel Carmichael and prefaced by the distinguished scholar Professor Leonard Schapiro, this edition situates Dan's arguments within the broader context of twentieth-century political thought. For anyone seeking to understand not just what happened in 1917, but *why* — and how decades of underground struggle, bitter debate, and competing visions of socialism made it inevitable — this singular volume holds the answers.