{"product_id":"the-russian-revolution","title":"The Russian Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Russian Revolution (Hardcover, 446 pages – Profile Books Ltd, 2017) – Profile Books Ltd, 2017. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Like New\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Tsarist regime in the middle of World War I, the Bolsheviks staged a hostile takeover of the Russian Imperial Army, promoting mutinies and mass desertions of men with their arms in order to fulfill Lenin's program of turning the 'imperialist war' into civil war. But the time the Bolsheviks had snuffed out the last resistance five years later, over 20 million people had died, and the Russian economy had collapsed so completely that Communism had to be temporarily abandoned. Still, Bolshevik rule was secure, owing to the new regime's monopoly on force, enabled by illicit arms deals signed with 'capitalist' neighbours such as Germany and Sweden, who sought to benefit – politically and economically – from the revolutionary chaos in Russia.Drawing on scores of previously untapped files from nine different Russian archives and a range of other repositories in Europe, Turkey and the US, Sean McMeekin delivers exciting, ground-breaking research about this turbulent era. The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in two decades, The Russian Revolution combines innovative scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on one of the most significant turning points of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sean McMeekin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52370262524186,"sku":"9781781259023","price":97.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/2699\/9322\/files\/81o6Ye_ebUL._SY522.jpg?v=1781780279","url":"https:\/\/medicampus.store\/products\/the-russian-revolution","provider":"medicampus.store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}