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All Power to the Soviets: Lenin, 1914-1917
All Power to the Soviets Lenin 19141917 Author:Tony Cliff The second volume of Tony Cliff's political biography of Lenin begins with the collapse of the European socialist movement on the outbreak of the First World War. It ends with the first victorious workers' revolution--the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. As Cliff shows, the Russian Revolution's success combined two important factors: the role of... more » the masses and the role of conscious organization. Both were essential ingredients in the victory of the revolution. Lenin, as one of the most dynamic leaders of the Bolshevik Party, played a decisive role in these events. Cliff skillfully weaves together these two elements. Contrary to the myths that portray Lenin as an autocratic schemer, Cliff reveals him to be a revolutionary dedicated first and foremost to working-class self-emancipation. This is more than a history--it is a handbook for revolutionaries.« less