Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888-1938
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195026977 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Stephen F. Cohen is at Princeton University.
Excellent; Excellent; 4.5 Stars R. Albin In this excellent "political biography," Stephen Cohen uses Nikolai Bukharin's life as revolutionary to critically examine the experience of the Bolsheviks in gaining and exercising power in what became the Soviet Union. Cohen explicitly pursues 2 major themes and implicitly pursues a third major theme. The explicit major themes are the relative heterorgeneity of the Bolsheviks, and in particular, the idea the Bukharin'. .5 Stars In this excellent "political biography," Stephen Cohen uses Nikolai Bukharin's life as revolutionary to critically examine the experience of the Bolsheviks in gaining and exercising power in what became the Soviet Union. Cohen explicitly pursues 2 major themes and implicitly pursues a third major theme. The explicit major themes are the relative heterorgeneity of the Bolsheviks, and in particular, the idea the Bukharin'. Nice Guys Finish Last This is a first-rate book. It ought to be read by anyone interested in the history of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, I have two quibbles. The first is that the book devotes perhaps too much attention to Bukharin's intellectual life and not enough attention to his role in the making of policy. Who today reads Bukharin's books? He did not become part of the communist philosophical pantheon or indeed of the anti-communist. The Soviet world that could have been. Ed Gehead This is a biography of a young communist, Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, who was the presumed heir to Lenin. Arguably his leadership would have resulted in an entirely different USSR had Stalin not ruthlessly seized power and purged his competitors, including the young, charismatic Bukharin. Bukharin was close to Lenin and was one of his principal supporters in the 1920s when Lenin backed off from collectivization of farms
"The only significant book on the earlier Soviet experience not trapped in simplistic Cold War categories. Crucial for advanced undergraduates."--Arthur Williamson, California State University at Sacramento"This magnificent book will come to be regarded by those whose opinions are worth listening to as one of the two or three really outstanding studies in the history of the Soviet Union of the past 25 years."--Leonard Schapiro, The New York Review of Books"The best book on the USSR to be published for many years."--Alec Nove, Soviet Studies"Cohen has not only written the most significant of the recent biographies of early Soviet leaders, but he has also posed questions about Soviet history which will be central in the discussion in coming years, perhaps decades."--The Russian Review"Bukharin has at last found full-length vindication in Professor Cohen's distinguished biography, undoubtedly one of the most important books on Soviet po
This classic biography carefully traces Bukharin's rise to and fall from power, focusing particularly on the development of his theories and programmatic ideas during the critical period between Lenin's death in 1924 and the ascendancy of Stalin in 1929.