Note on Usage Introduction 1. Russia at War 2. "Radiant Days of Freedom" 3. Persuasion and Force 4. Toward Civil War 5. Forging a Social Movement 6. "We Will Have to Exterminate the Cossacks" 7. "Psychological Consolidation" 8. The Revolution as Orthodoxy Conclusion: The Emergence of the Soviet State Note on Sources Abbreviations Notes Index
An exceptionally rich, complex, and original book. Holquist weaves together a masterful interpretation in which the Russian past, Marxist ideology, the circumstances of prolonged and bloody war, and broader European trends all combined to create the Soviet system. By treating the years 1914 to 1921 as a single, highly troubled period of European and therefore Russian crisis, while simultaneously grounding his meticulous research in the concrete realities of a single pivotal area - the territory of the Don Cossacks--Holquist creates a dense yet fluent narrative, replete with fresh, surprising insights. The book will surely be indispensable reading to students of Russian, Soviet, and modern European history. -- Reginald E. Zelnik, University of California at Berkeley This striking volume challenges much of the received wisdom about the transformative nature of Russia's 1917 revolution. By exploring the grander narrative of revolutionary change through the prism of local politics, and by situating Russia's overall experience as part of the broader phenomenon of European upheaval between 1914 and 1921, Holquist demonstrates convincingly how power and politics must be understood as socially instituted practices as well as forms and techniques of rule. Making War, Forging Revolution is imaginative, challenging, and superbly crafted - a model of theorized archival research and a fine accomplishment indeed. -- William G. Rosenberg, University of Michigan This is a work of exceptional power, clarity, and historical imagination. The Don Cossacks are Holquist's subject, but this regional focus opens a window on the Revolution writ large, revealing the deeper processes spanning the war, the events of February and October, 1917 and, above all, the defining early years of the Soviet project in practice. For the Cossacks, as for all Soviet subjects, identity was an amalgam of history, post-October ideology and Bolshevik policy. No other book unpacks these layers of meaning with such elegance and sophistication. -- Daniel Orlovsky, Southern Methodist University Meticulously researched and confidently argued, Making War, Forging Revolution represents a highly original contribution to the field of Russian history and to European history in general. It is a book that deserves to be read widely. -- Donald J. Raleigh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
An exceptionally rich, complex, and original book. Holquist weaves
together a masterful interpretation in which the Russian past,
Marxist ideology, the circumstances of prolonged and bloody war,
and broader European trends all combined to create the Soviet
system. By treating the years 1914 to 1921 as a single, highly
troubled period of European and therefore Russian crisis, while
simultaneously grounding his meticulous research in the concrete
realities of a single pivotal area - the territory of the Don
Cossacks--Holquist creates a dense yet fluent narrative, replete
with fresh, surprising insights. The book will surely be
indispensable reading to students of Russian, Soviet, and modern
European history.
*Reginald E. Zelnik, University of California at Berkeley*
This striking volume challenges much of the received wisdom about
the transformative nature of Russia's 1917 revolution. By exploring
the grander narrative of revolutionary change through the prism of
local politics, and by situating Russia's overall experience as
part of the broader phenomenon of European upheaval between 1914
and 1921, Holquist demonstrates convincingly how power and politics
must be understood as socially instituted practices as well as
forms and techniques of rule. Making War, Forging Revolution is
imaginative, challenging, and superbly crafted - a model of
theorized archival research and a fine accomplishment indeed.
*William G. Rosenberg, University of Michigan*
This is a work of exceptional power, clarity, and historical
imagination. The Don Cossacks are Holquist's subject, but this
regional focus opens a window on the Revolution writ large,
revealing the deeper processes spanning the war, the events of
February and October, 1917 and, above all, the defining early years
of the Soviet project in practice. For the Cossacks, as for all
Soviet subjects, identity was an amalgam of history, post-October
ideology and Bolshevik policy. No other book unpacks these layers
of meaning with such elegance and sophistication.
*Daniel Orlovsky, Southern Methodist University*
Meticulously researched and confidently argued, Making War, Forging
Revolution represents a highly original contribution to the field
of Russian history and to European history in general. It is a book
that deserves to be read widely.
*Donald J. Raleigh, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill*
The once tidy distinctions between war, revolution, and civil war
have become blurred and what was once attributed to the
peculiarities of Russia's political culture (for example, Russia's
autocratic tradition and/or Bolshevik extremism) is now seen in
broader, pan-European terms. Peter Holquist's much anticipated book
is an outstanding example of this new scholarship
Suffice it to say
that students of both Russian and European history will find many
of their assumptions challenged in this most thought-provoking
book.
*Journal of Modern History*
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