..". 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....
..". an expert work... remarkable for its objectivity, judiciousness, and its sure handling of the available evidence." Political Science Quarterly...
A classic work depicting the early months of the Russian Revolution, featuring a new introduction for the revolution's centenary. During the months following the collapse of the tsarist regime in war-torn Russia, the Bolshevik Party emerged from obscurity to overthrow the Provisional Government and establish the world's first communist government. In this absorbing narrative, Alexander Rabinowitch refutes the Soviet myth that the party's triumph in the October Revolution was inevitable. Exploring the changing situation and aspirations of workers, soldiers, and Baltic fleet sailors in...
A classic work depicting the early months of the Russian Revolution, featuring a new introduction for the revolution's centenary. During the months fo...
