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050	1	4	_a338 DK 265 _bA813r 2014
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100	1		_aAscher, Abraham
245	1	4	_aThe Russian Revolution : _ba beginner's guide / _cAbraham Ascher.
260			_aLondon : _bOneworld Publications, _c2014.
300			_axi, 206 p. : _bill. ; _c20 cm.
440		0	_aOneworld beginners' guides.
490	1		_aOneworld beginners' guides.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191 - 197) and index.
505	0		_aThe road to revolution -- 1905 : dress rehearsal for 1917? -- The collapse of tsarism -- The provisional government -- Bolsheviks in power -- The struggle to retain power -- Stalin's completion of the revolution -- Whither the Soviet Union?
520			_a1917: the year a series of rebellions toppled three centuries of autocratic rule and placed a group of political radicals in charge of a world power. Here, suddenly, was the first modern socialist state, “a kingdom more bright that any heaven had to offer”. But the dream was short-lived, bringing in its wake seventy years of conflict and instability that nearly ended in nuclear war. How could such a revolution take place and what caused it to go so very wrong? Presenting a uniquely long view of events, Abraham Ascher takes readers from the seeds of revolution in the 1880s right through to Stalin’s state terror and the power of the communist legacy in Russia today. Original and shrewd, Ascher’s analysis offers an unparalled introduction to this watershed period in world history.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xHistory _yRevolution, 1917-1921.
651		4	_aUnión Soviética _xHistoria _yRevolución, 1917-1921.
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