Socialism And War: The Attitude Of The R.S.D.L.P. Towards The War
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Book: Fair
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Pages: Good
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Written in the crucible of the First World War, Socialism and War stands as one of Vladimir Lenin's most incisive and polemical political pamphlets, originally penned in 1915 alongside Grigory Zinoviev as a manifesto of the Bolshevik position on imperialist conflict. The work presents the official stance of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (R.S.D.L.P.) on the war, arguing with fierce conviction that the conflict was not a defensive struggle for national liberation but a predatory, imperialist war waged by the ruling classes against the international proletariat. Lenin systematically dismantles the justifications offered by European socialist parties who backed their respective governments, condemning what he calls social-chauvinism as a betrayal of Marxist principles and working-class internationalism. This 1950 Moscow edition, published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House, carries the weight of both its revolutionary origins and its Cold War-era dissemination, offering modern readers a window into the ideological machinery of early 20th-century Bolshevism. Lenin's prose is characteristically direct and uncompromising — a battering ram of dialectical argument aimed at splitting the international socialist movement along lines of principle. Rich with historical allusion and razor-sharp political analysis, Socialism and War remains an essential primary source for understanding the fracture of the Second International and the ideological foundations that would ultimately reshape the modern world. What kind of world do you inherit when the workers of all countries finally unite?
Author: V. I. Lenin
Format: Paperback
Published: 1950, Foreign Languages Publishing House
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Written in the crucible of the First World War, Socialism and War stands as one of Vladimir Lenin's most incisive and polemical political pamphlets, originally penned in 1915 alongside Grigory Zinoviev as a manifesto of the Bolshevik position on imperialist conflict. The work presents the official stance of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (R.S.D.L.P.) on the war, arguing with fierce conviction that the conflict was not a defensive struggle for national liberation but a predatory, imperialist war waged by the ruling classes against the international proletariat. Lenin systematically dismantles the justifications offered by European socialist parties who backed their respective governments, condemning what he calls social-chauvinism as a betrayal of Marxist principles and working-class internationalism. This 1950 Moscow edition, published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House, carries the weight of both its revolutionary origins and its Cold War-era dissemination, offering modern readers a window into the ideological machinery of early 20th-century Bolshevism. Lenin's prose is characteristically direct and uncompromising — a battering ram of dialectical argument aimed at splitting the international socialist movement along lines of principle. Rich with historical allusion and razor-sharp political analysis, Socialism and War remains an essential primary source for understanding the fracture of the Second International and the ideological foundations that would ultimately reshape the modern world. What kind of world do you inherit when the workers of all countries finally unite?