A major contribution to the historiography of the world in the 20th century; The Bolsheviks in Power focuses on the fateful first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd. It examines events that profoundly shaped the Soviet political system that endured through most of the 20th century. Drawing largely from previously inaccessible Soviet archives; it demolishes standard interpretations of the origins of Soviet authoritarianism by demonstrating that the Soviet system evolved ad hoc as the Bolsheviks struggled to retain political power amid spiraling political; social; economic; and military crises. The book covers issues such as the rapid fall of influential moderate Bolsheviks; the formation of the dreaded Cheka; the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly; the Red Terror; the national government's flight to Moscow; and the subsequent rivalry between Russia's new and old capitals.
#2758325 in Books Mathias Guenther 1999-11-22 1999-11-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x .81 x 6.12l; 1.12 #File Name: 0253213444304 pagesTricksters and Trancers Bushman Religion and Society
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Very niceBy PeteBBushmen are largely being wiped out; in the same way native americans were; and for the same reasons. Their culture is fascinating; for the same reasons native american culture is. This book is at times a bit too scholarly; however; it is nonetheless fascinating. You simply don't know a culture until you know its stories. What is scripture; really? Mostly stories. I read this book entranced. I loved it.
