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Title: Introducing Lenin and the Russian Revolution by Richard Appignanesi, Oscar Zarate, Oscar Appignanesi ISBN: 1-84046-156-X Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: A few important mistakes
Comment: Now I've read just read this book and have come up with a few important mistakes in the text. A small example is that it claims that Martov "has first-hand experience of stick-action among Jewish socialist workers (the Bund). The first mass strike of 15,000 Bundists occurs at a Bialystok textile industry in 1895." (p.48)
This is all very nice except that Martov was a Jewish Socialist, yes, but not a Bundist, which is obvious from page 70 onwards when the Bund walks out of the 27th session, but Martov stays with the Mensheviks. Another problem with this statment is that it would have been impossible for the Bund to organise a 15,000 worker, mass-strike in Bialystok in 1895, becuase the Bund wasn't formed until 1897. And no the name was not simply chosen for the organisation because it was popular and therefore it was an easy mistake. The name of the Bund was debated over and changed three times before it got it's full name.
Good idea, but really, these factual errors are embarressing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Lenin, Liberation, and Laughs
Comment: Whilst many may claim that this book is a celebration of the machine that allowed Stalin to instigate genocide upon Russia, it is the underlying satire and wit that guide's the reader through the basics of the Russian revolution and to more complex questions that pose themselves in the post-glasnost era. This is not a complete overview of Russia in the grips of socialism, but that was never the purpose. The book highlights the important aspects of the period and introduces the more multifaceted situations. A superb read and a good buy.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good for a basic overview and not much more...
Comment: This small book is good for a quick overview of the the Russian Revolution and Lenin's life. It explains the basic ideas pretty well and has the important facts laid out in an interesting and easy to understand way.
Still, this book is biased towards Lenin's cause, and justifies to too great an extent Lenin's killing of hundreds of thousands of people in the Red Terror.
If you need a quick study guide on the Russian Revolution, this book is fine - just keep in mind that Lenin was not really as benevolent a person as he is made out to be in the cartoons. But, if you are trying to really understand the topic or write a serious research paper on it, save your money and buy another book on Lenin, such as "Lenin" by Robert Service.
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Title: Introducing Trotsky and Marxism by Tariq Ali, Phil Evans ISBN: 1840461551 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Introducing Fascism & Nazism by Stuart Hood, Litza Jansz, Richard Appignanesi ISBN: 1840461543 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Introducing Islam by Ziauddin Sardar, Zafar Aggas Malik, Richard Appignanesi ISBN: 1840463635 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Introducing Marquis de Sade by Stuart Hood, Graham Crowley, Richard Appignanesi ISBN: 1840460717 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Introducing Baudrillard by Chris Horrocks, Jevtic Zoran, Richard Appignanesi, Zoran Jevtic ISBN: 1874166366 Publisher: Totem Books Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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