About this title: Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on 20th-century history cannot be underestimated. This biography makes use of archive material to piece together his private as well as public life in an effort to give a complete picture of Lenin in all his different roles. Through the prism of lenin's career, the author examines events such as the ...
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Description: Acceptable. Binding is slightly damaged and/or book has some loose pages. No missing pages. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Papermac, London
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780333726280ISBN:0333726286
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Nice clean copy with minimal wear to edges. Appears unread. xxvii, 561p., [32]p. of plates: ill., facsims., maps, ports.; 22 cm. Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2000. Includes bibliographical references and index. read more
Binding: Hardcover BOOK
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Description: New. Dust Jacket has very little shelf wear. No remainder mark. Pages are clean with no markings, no creases and no dog-ears. Hardcover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Belknap Press
Date Published: 2000-10-06
ISBN-13:9780674003309ISBN:0674003306
Description: New. Thick-Hard back book New with jacket* Unmarked*Ships in a padded water tight bubble bag* [red]All merchandise is fully guaranteed* Buy from a professional company that cares about your satisfaction*G[ALB/H] read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Paper Boards
Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780674003309ISBN:0674003306
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Hardback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Bright, crisp and clean. 559 pages. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780674008281ISBN:0674008286
Description: New. LENIN: His politics still reverberate around the world even after the end of the USSR. His name elicits revulsion and reverence. And yet Lenin the man remains largely a mystery. This biography shows us Lenin as we have never seen him, in his full com... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780674003309ISBN:0674003306
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 0674003306 561 pages, 8vo. Out of Print. Includes preface, note on transliteration and calendars, illustrations, glossary of names of Lenin and his Family, maps, notes, select bibliography, index. Shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges, some light crease marks to inside fly leafs. Tightly bound with very clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: MacMillan
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780333726259ISBN:0333726251
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black cloth hardback with orange lettering to spine, as new, except closed end pages lightly stained to top, thus in very good condition. Unclipped pictorial dustwrapper in very good condition. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 2000
Description: Softcover. Very good condition. Few political reputations have collapsed quite as quickly as that of Lenin, the ideological guru of Russian Communism, the hero of the revolution of October 1917, and the first leader of the Soviet Union. Just as the Berlin Wall was pulled to the ground, so were thousands of statues of Lenin toppled across Eastern Europe and the new Russia in the early 1990s. But now that the dust has settled, and the Cold War is over, historians can be more objective about the ... read more
"This is a biography of Vladimir Lenin, the father of modern communism. He is arguably the most important political figure of the 20th century. His achievements are largely felt in the world today. The governments of China, North Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba have evolved from his life. At its height, communism ruled over the population of one-third of the entire world. Lenin came to this infamy from an unsuspecting childhood, until the death of his father and eldest brother. Lenin's life is a complicated maze of politcal ideologies that he bends and interprets to meet the demands of attaining his current political ambitions. He was a staunch Marxist, who evolved to become a Leninist. On his deathbed, he would tell one that he adhered only to the true meaning of Marxism, but the truth is that he did indeed bend and shape his principled action to whatever was the quickest solution to the very grave problems that were at hand. The thing that I find most interesting is, like so many of the important figures in history, Lenin only came to be known to history thru a series of events that was the equivalent to "winning the powerball" several times. If he would have only missed one of these numbers, we would not know that he ever even lived. Lenin was probably the best politician of the century, through the fact that he always seemed to attain the implementation of the policies that he sought. We may think of Lenin as an absolute dictator, but he had to persuade and get the support and vote of many of the numerous personalities of the communist party. Lenin's successor, Iosef Stalin, is the one who came to absolute tyrannical power. Lenin warned against this very thing on his deathbed. I would recommend this read to anyone that was interested in political ideology of the Soviet Republics and current communist powers. The peoples Republic of China is the main power wielding this form of government currently. I do believe that they are currently progressing to a form of communism that Lenin perceived upon his deathbed. They are introducing capitalism slowly, within the bounds of communism. This is the only way that they perceive that their form of communism can survive. Time and history have proven that communism can only run its course and die, unless that government can accept the fact that it will be so far behind the capitalists, most advanced and evolving, governments in the world, thus, through time, dooming them to be non-factors in the world's heirarchy of governments. I do think that Lenin probably was brilliant enough to finally see this in his own mind. Communist governments can only evolve to become a capitalist government to compete with capitalist nations who are at the pinnacle of technology and advancement, through the sole principle of free enterprise. The advancement in free enterprise cannot ultimately be passed by extreme socialism, without the neglect and decline of the quality of life of its ordinary citizens. At that point, only can revolution be conceived."
"Poorly written and poorly organized. Fails to elaborate on any details of how Lenin interacted within the Bolshevik organization. Also fails to provide any real insight into Lenin's ideological development or theories. May as well read a Wikipedia entry with a timeline. Very disappointing."
"I hated Lenin until I read this book. I never have read his actual work, but I enjoyed reading about his very bourgeous existence and feeling justified for having disowned him as a noble man for so long--but at the end of the day, cowards have run this world for a millennia anyway."
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