^#smrgSAHAF Lenin and The Russian Revolution -

This concise history of Marxism, Socialism, and the revolutionary movement in Russia from the late nineteenth century to 1917 centers on Lenin and culminates in the Bolshevik Revolution. Mr. Shukman's fresh perspective will be most illuminating to students of modern history, for he reveals precisely how Lenin's single-minded and purposeful dedication to political organization and intrigue won him ultimate power.

"This is a clear, accurate and readable study by a scholar who is well familiar with the primary sources of the origins of the Russian revolution and in particular of Lenin's dominant part in it. I find it one of the bést introductory studies of its kind that I know, being both very reliable and undogmatic and at the same time very readable." - LEONARD SCHAPIRO, Professor of Russian Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science