The Legacy Of The Bolshevik Revolution: Volume I Of A Critical History Of The Ussr
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Few events in modern history have so profoundly reshaped the world as the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and in The Legacy of the Bolshevik Revolution, David Rousset — himself a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps and a towering figure of French political thought — presents a sweeping and unflinching critical history of the Soviet Union. This first volume of a projected two-part series chronicles the ideological foundations, internal contradictions, and structural transformations that defined the early Soviet state, tracing how the revolutionary promise of 1917 was systematically consolidated into a machinery of authoritarian power. Translated by Alan Freeman, Rousset's analysis is characterised by intellectual rigour and moral urgency, drawing on his own experience of totalitarianism to illuminate the paradoxes at the heart of Leninist and Stalinist governance. The work argues that the Soviet system was not a betrayal of the revolution, but rather its logical culmination — a thesis that remains as provocative today as when it was first advanced. Published by the distinguished London and New York imprint Allison & Busby, this volume stands as an essential text for anyone seeking to understand how a movement born of utopian idealism gave rise to one of history's most formidable authoritarian states — and what that transformation means for the future of political radicalism.
Author: David Rousset
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Allison & Busby
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few events in modern history have so profoundly reshaped the world as the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and in The Legacy of the Bolshevik Revolution, David Rousset — himself a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps and a towering figure of French political thought — presents a sweeping and unflinching critical history of the Soviet Union. This first volume of a projected two-part series chronicles the ideological foundations, internal contradictions, and structural transformations that defined the early Soviet state, tracing how the revolutionary promise of 1917 was systematically consolidated into a machinery of authoritarian power. Translated by Alan Freeman, Rousset's analysis is characterised by intellectual rigour and moral urgency, drawing on his own experience of totalitarianism to illuminate the paradoxes at the heart of Leninist and Stalinist governance. The work argues that the Soviet system was not a betrayal of the revolution, but rather its logical culmination — a thesis that remains as provocative today as when it was first advanced. Published by the distinguished London and New York imprint Allison & Busby, this volume stands as an essential text for anyone seeking to understand how a movement born of utopian idealism gave rise to one of history's most formidable authoritarian states — and what that transformation means for the future of political radicalism.