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1 online resource (273 pages) |
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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series |
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Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on style; Introduction: ideology and violence; 1 'Revolution is war': the genesis of a militant Marxism, 1894-1907; 2 'Violence to end all violence': ideological purity and the Great War, 1907-1917; 3 'History will not forgive us if we do not seize power now': the revolutionary imperative, 1917; 4 Confronting the 'wolves in the forest': October 1917-summer 1918; 5 The Red Terror; 6 Civil War: the strengthening of dictatorship, 1919; 7 War and peace: from Civil War to NEP, 1919-1921 |
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8 'We will cleanse Russia for a long time': the contradictions of NEPConclusion: Lenin's terror; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores the development of Lenin's thinking on violence throughout his career, from the last years of the Tsarist regime in Russia through to the 1920s and the New Economic Policy, and provides an important assessment of the significance of ideological factors for understanding Soviet state violence as directed by the Bolshevik leadership during its first years in power. It highlights the impact of the First World War, in particular its place in Bolshevik discourse as a source of legitimating Soviet state violence after 1917, and explains the evolution of Bolshevik dictatorship |
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Print version record |
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Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924.
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| SUBJECT |
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 fast |
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State-sponsored terrorism -- Soviet Union
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Violence -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union
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State-sponsored terrorism
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Violence -- Political aspects
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125808
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| Subject |
Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136296512 |
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1136296514 |
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