{"product_id":"2026200013745-secondhand-lenin-and-the-twentieth-century-a-bertram-d-wolfe-retrospective","title":"Lenin And The Twentieth Century: A Bertram D. Wolfe Retrospective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures have shaped the trajectory of modern history as decisively as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, and Lenin and the Twentieth Century: A Bertram D. Wolfe Retrospective presents a rigorous and illuminating examination of the man whose revolutionary vision forged the Soviet state and reordered the global political landscape. Compiled by Lennard D. Gerson and prefaced with a foreword by renowned French historian Alain Besançon, this volume gathers the essential writings of Bertram D. Wolfe — one of the twentieth century's most incisive scholars of Communism — to construct a comprehensive retrospective on Lenin's ideology, methods, and enduring legacy.\n\nWolfe's analytical precision and intimate familiarity with Marxist-Leninist doctrine lend the collection an intellectual authority that few works on the subject can match, chronicling the arc of Lenin's thought from its revolutionary origins to its catastrophic institutionalisation under Soviet rule. The volume situates Lenin within the broader sweep of twentieth-century totalitarianism, arguing that his foundational decisions set in motion forces that would define — and devastate — entire nations for generations. Published under the auspices of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, this retrospective stands as an indispensable resource for scholars and general readers alike who seek to understand how one man's radical convictions became the blueprint for a century of upheaval — and whether the world has truly reckoned with that inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160899231963,"sku":"2026200013745-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8fb9e818-fd09-4993-b11d-69c1795c0930.png?v=1787188300","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013745-secondhand-lenin-and-the-twentieth-century-a-bertram-d-wolfe-retrospective","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}