"An extremely valuable account which puts a whole host of ideas
about the revolution back into circulation. Everyone from
specialists to beginners will find new and stimulating material
here....There is no better account of the political outlook of
non-Bolshevik intellectuals in this period, and as such this book
can be confidently recommended to anyone interested in the history
of the revolution and of the Russian intelligentsia."--Journal of
Modern
History
"The most surprising thing about this book...is its relevance to
the Soviet Union today....After reading Burbank's book, one is less
surprised by the crude methods used by the Bolsheviks to ensure
their precarious unity than by their accomplishment of preserving
any unity at all."--Problems of Communism
"An important and original book. Dealing with the period of the
Revolution, Civil War, and the beginning of the New Economic
Policy, Dr. Burbank presents an admirable summary and analysis of
the vast body of polemical literature inspired by the Bolshevik
seizure of power in l917. It raises fundamental and provocative
questions about the Russian Revolution....An impressive piece of
work."--Paul Avrich, The City University of New York
"The book can be recommended to nonspecialists interested in the
playing out of the political debates that occurred after the
October Revolution, as well as to those interested in a guide to
the commentaries of contemporaries on the new order....Even the
specialists familiar with most of these materials will find
enlightening information and refreshing perspectives."--Slavic
Review
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