Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914-1921

by Laura Engelstein

Book Overview

October 1917, heralded as the culmination of the Russian Revolution, remains a defining moment in world history. Even a hundred years after the events that led to the emergence of the world's first self-proclaimed socialist state, debate continues over whether, as historian E. H. Carr put it decades ago, these earth-shaking days were a "landmark in the emancipation of mankind from past oppression" or "a crime and a disaster." Some things are clear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190931507
• ISBN13: 9780190931506
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 854 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"