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A Concise History of the Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
Category: History
The author of the classic two-volume study, The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime, now distills those works into an authoritative new chronicle of Russia between 1900 and the death of Lenin. "A deep and eloquent condemnation".--The New York Times.
Communism by Richard Pipes
Category: History
Beginning with Plato and the first expressions of a utopian vision of a property-less society, Pipes describes communism's historical antecedents, through to Marx, Engels and the birth of modern communism. Paperback (B-Format)
Russia under the Bolshevik Regime by Richard Pipes
Category: History
In George Lodge's classic account, now appearing for the first time in paperback, the author argues that America is in the midst of a great transformation, comparable to the one which ended the medieval era in the West. The old ideasindividualism, property rights, competition, the limited state, and sc ...Show more
The Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
Category: History
Mr. Pipes writes trenchantly, and at times superbly....No single volume known to me even begins to cater so adequately to those who want to discover what really happened to Russia....Nor do I know any other book better designed to help Soviet citizens to struggle out of the darkness." -- Ronald Hingley, ...Show more
Three Whys of the Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
Category: History
'It is my considered judgement that, had it had not been for the Russian Revolution, there would very likely have been no National Socialism; probably no Second World War and no decolonization; and certainly no Cold War, which once dominated our lives. I will attempt here to distill the essence of my bo ...Show more
Three "Whys" of the Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
Category: History
Richard Pipes conducts a succinct inquest, asking: Why did tsarism fall virtually overnight? Why did the Bolsheviks - the smallest of the three main Russian radical parties - triumph? Why did Stalin succeed Lenin? In answering these questions, Pipes gives us our clearest picture yet of the vulnerability ...Show more
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