BLOOD ON THE SNOW - THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1914-1924

Libro

Editorial	Macmillan Children's Books
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	Inglés Internacional
Autor	SERVICE ROBERT
ISBN	9781529065855
Peso ( kg )	0,375
Tipo	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	2024
Formato	Tapa rustica
Sinopsis	BLOOD ON THE SNOW - THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1914-1924 In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution. 'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh, author of The Third Reich For Service, the great unanswered question is how to reconcile the two narratives that underpin the troubled events of 1917. One puts the blame squarely on Tsar Nicholas II and on Alexander Kerensky's provisional government that deposed him. The other is the view from the bottom, that of the workers and peasants who wanted democratic socialism, not the Bolshevik dictatorship imposed by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and his successors. Service's vivid and revisionist account spans the period from the outbreak of the First World War to Lenin's death in 1924. He reveals that key seeds of the revolution were sown by the Tsar's decision to join the war against Germany in 1914. He shows with brutal clarity how those events played out, eventually leading to the establishment of the totalitarian Soviet regime, which would endure for the next seven decades. Nicholas II, Kerensky and Lenin are to the fore, but Service enriches his narrative by drawing on little-known diaries of those such as the Vologda peasant Alexander Zamaraev, the NCO Alexei Shtukaturov and the Moscow accounts clerk Nikita Okunev. Through the testimony of these 'ordinary' people, Service traces the tortuous path that Russia took through war, revolution and civil war, in his trademark engaging style. 'This authoritative, detailed account shows how Lenin won control of Russia and caused untold misery . . . ' - The Times Edad recomendada: Adultos. SERVICE ROBERT Robert Service nacido en 1947 es un historiador, académico y autor británico de renombre mundial, especializado en la historia de Rusia y la Unión Soviética. Es profesor emérito en la Universidad de Oxford y miembro de la Hoover Institution en la Universidad de Stanford. Su trabajo es fundamental para entender la transición de la Rusia imperial al comunismo y la estructura de poder del estado soviético. Se le reconoce por utilizar archivos soviéticos que anteriormente eran secretos para desmitificar a las figuras centrales de la revolución.
Cantidad de páginas	496
Fecha Ingreso	31-03-2026