Sheila Fitzpatrick

The Russian Revolution 1917-1932 (2001)

This is a critical but not "commie-bashing" view of the leading up to and implementation of the Russian revolution. It's a quick, coherent read. I liked it. Leninists wouldn't. Stalinists would hate it. Here's what I wrote for class:Fitzpatrick articulates tThe major impediment the Bolsheviks had...