num_pages: 764
description: Lenin must rank as one of the three or four most influential figures of the twentieth century. he played a central role in bringing about Russia's revolution and was supreme leader of the new Soviet state until his death in 1924. In addition, his writings have been gospel for many world leaders and modern revolutionaries. And yet Lenin's written legacy (over fifty volumes) is not easily read or understood. This book is addressed to that problem.Here, in a compact yet comprehensive volume, are the essentials of Lenin's writings, each of them introduced with a brief interpretive commentary. Patterned after Professor Tucker's highly successful anthology The Marx-Engels Reader, this book includes those words necessary for an introduction to Lenin's revolutionary thought. Selections, where possible, are presented in their fullest form, and 'The State and Revolution' and 'Left-Wing Communism' in their entirety.A general introduction to the volume traces Lenin's career as a revolutionary, both in writings and in actions. Also included is a chronology, a bibliographic note, and an index.
language: English
title: The Lenin Anthology
titlecomplete: The Lenin Anthology
genres: Grad School, Politics, Political Science, Philosophy, Lenin, Nonfiction, School, Soviet History, Russia, History
ratings_count: 87
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company