Lenin : a biography
David Shub
Bok · Engelsk · 1948
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| Utgitt | New York, N.Y. : New American Library , cop. 1948
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| Omfang | 187 s.
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| Utgave | Special abridged ed.
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| Opplysninger | "A Mentor book". - David Shub was born and educated in Russia. Over a period of more than forty years he has had intimate contact with the leaders of every faction in the Russian revolutionary movement, both as a revolutionary and as a close student of Russian affairs ... An understanding of Lenin, the founder of world communism, provides the key to the Russian enigma of today. The publisher is glad to be able to meet the need for a full and authoritative biography of this historic figure. In this book the human Lenin appears, as revealed by his relations with his family, his friends, and his enemies, and with the leading figures in Russia's revolutionary struggle. It traces Lenin's life on the basis of original source material both of pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary periods. Mr. Shub's personal knowledge and contact with Lenin and the other leaders give his story an authenticity that could never be achieved by research. For the first time we are shown the environment which influenced Lenin's career from his childhood and youth to his end in the Kremlin
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