Tells the story of The Russian Revolution with riveting eyewitness accounts. One hundred years ago, workers and peasants in Russia turned the world upside down when they overthrew their Tsar, took over their factories, farms, and schools, and set out to build a new society. In this gripping reader, participants and firsthand observers of the revolution tell the inspiring, heroic, and sometimes tragic story of what happened over the course of 1917. Includes contributions from: Leon Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg, Vladimir Lenin, John Reed, Louise Bryans, and others.

*Extensive author tour *Promotion and publicity, along with our other titles on the subject, to coincide with the centenary of the Russian Revolution. *Slavic and Russian studies scholarship has become less burdened by old ideological predispositions since the end of of the Cold War. This is reflected in the broadening of debate in the Slavic Review, and other serious historical journals. *A new generation of graduate students and younger readers are re-visiting the great debates of the Old and New Left with fresh eyes, including those over revolution in the modern world.

About the Author
Todd Chretien is a member of the International Socialist Organization, a frequent contributor to Socialist Worker and the International Socialist Review, and editor of Haymarket Books' edition of State and Revolution by V.I. Lenin (2014).


Book Information
ISBN 9781608468614
Author Todd Chretien
Format Paperback
Page Count 350
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publisher Haymarket Books