Lenin lives!
Subtitle: reimagining the Russian Revolution, 1917-2017
By: Philip Cunliffe
Publisher: Zero Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781785356971
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Socialism; History
Description: "Of all the tomes published on the centenary of the Russian Revolution, none will reckon with a key part of the story: what if the revolutionaries' dreams had come true, instead of being dashed? Yet, no tale of the Russian Revolution is complete without asking 'what if...?' Lenin Lives! lays out a narrative account of how history might have happened differently if Lenin had lived long enough to see the global spread of the Russian Revolution to Western Europe and the USA. In one alternative world, instead of the grim authoritarian and autarkic states of the East, socialist revolution in the world's most advanced economies ushers in an era of global peace, progress and prosperity, with global federations substituting for nation-states and international organisations. In keeping with the hopes of European revolutionaries of the time, the early achievement of socialism leads to a drastic improvement in human progress, economic growth, democracy and freedom at the global level"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-136).