Lenin, a political life /

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Author / Creator: Service, Robert, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1985-c1995.
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.."". we are indebted to the author for a stimulating and balanced study of Lenin -- a study that presents many valuable insights and a good deal of new material based on his archive research, and that sharpens our picture and understanding of 'the dreamer in the Kremlin.'"" -- The Russian Review

Lenin: A Political Life is a major three-volume work on Vladimir Ilich Lenin, his ideas, activity, and environment. The first volume, covering the years from 1870 to 1910, traces his rise to authority and his political troubles after 1903. Service ably demonstrates the complex interplay of ideas, activity, and environment that prompted the choice of title for the first volume: The Strengths of Contradiction.

Physical Description:3 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:0253333245
0253333253
0253351812
Author Notes:Robert Service was born on October 29, 1947. He received an MA in modern languages from the University of Cambridge and an MA and a PhD in government from the University of Essex. He is a Russian historian and political commentator. He has written numerous books including Comrades: A World History of Communism; Stalin: A Biography, Lenin: A Biography, and Spies and Commissars. He received the 2009 Duff Cooper Prize for Trotsky: A Biography.

(Bowker Author Biography)