Prelude to Revolution; the Petrograd Bolsheviks and the July 1917 Uprising
Author | : Alexander Rabinowitch |
Publisher | : Bloomington : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1968 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015009096820 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Prelude to Revolution; the Petrograd Bolsheviks and the July 1917 Uprising written by Alexander Rabinowitch and published by Bloomington : Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ..". an expert work... remarkable for its objectivity, judiciousness, and its sure handling of the available evidence." -- Political Science Quarterly ..". a fine piece of historical writing." -- Soviet Studies "An able and scholarly inquiry into the perplexing abortive Petrograd uprising of June and July 1917... a very interesting view of revolutionary action on the local level." -- Foreign Affairs First published in 1968, this pioneering study of revolutionary events in Petrograd in the summer of 1917 revised the established view of the Bolsheviks as a monolithic party. Rabinowitch documents how the party's pluralistic nature had crucial implications for the outcome of the revolution in October.