The Bolsheviks
Subtitle: the intellectual and political history of the triumph of communism in Russia
By: Adam B. Ulam
Edition: 1st Collier Books ed
Publisher: Collier Books
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9780020381006
Subjects: Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, -- 1870-1924; Communism -- Soviet Union -- History
Description: A comprehensive treatment which traces the course of the Bolshevik movement through birth, exile, inner dissension, unexpected opportunity-and, at the hour of its triumph, self-betrayal. Includes portraits of such figures as Nicholas I, Belinsky, Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

Special Collections copy: from the estate of André and Catherine de Saint-Rat
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: I. The family; title: II. The revolutionary tradition: 1. The Decembrists; title: 2. Bakunin and Herzen; title: 3. Chernyshevsky; title: 4. Populism; title: III. Apprenticeship: 1. Samara; title: 2. St. Petersburg; title: 3. Siberia; title: 4. Marxism; title: IV. The leader: 1. The Iskra period; title: 2. What is to be done; title: 3. From the rift to the revolution of 1905; title: V. Revolution and reaction: 1. The revolution of 1905; title: 2. The ebb; title: VI. The years of waiting: 1908-1917: 1. Splits and scandals; title: 2. On the world stage: 1912-1917; title: VII. 1917: 1. A kind and considerate revolution; title: 2. Toward the Great October; title: VIII. Victory: 1. The statesman; title: 2. The dictator; title: IX. The worlds of communism: 1. The old economic policy; title: 2. The world of the comintern; title: X. The last struggles: 1. Medicine and administration; title: 2. Intrigue and death; title: Index