{"product_id":"9781350117891","title":"Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution Illiberal Liberation, 1917-41","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLibrary of Modern Russia\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFate of the Bolshevik Revolution\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIlliberal Liberation, 1917-41\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLara Douds | James Harris | Peter Whitewood\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did a regime that promised utopian-style freedom end up delivering terror and tyranny? For some, the Bolsheviks were totalitarian and the descent was inevitable; for others, Stalin was responsible; for others still, this period in Russian history was a microcosm of the Cold War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e reasons that these arguments are too simplistic. Rather, the journey from Bolshevik liberation to totalitarianism was riddled with unsuccessful experiments, compromises, confusion, panic, self-interest and over-optimism. As this book reveals, the emergence (and persistence) of the Bolshevik dictatorship was, in fact, the complicated product of a failed democratic transition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on long-ignored archival sources and original research, this fascinating volume brings together an international team of leading scholars to reconsider one of the most important and controversial questions of 20th-century history: how to explain the rise of the repressive Stalinist dictatorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLara Douds\u003c\/b\u003e is Vice-Chancellor's Fellow in History at Northumbria University, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eInside Lenin's Government: Power, Ideology and Practice in the Early Soviet State\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Fear: Stalin's Terror of the 1930s\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Urals: Regionalism and the Evolution of the Soviet System\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). He has edited multiple volumes on Soviet History, including \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy of Terror: Political Violence under Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eStalin's World: Dictating the Soviet Order\u003c\/i\u003e (2014, co-edited with Sarah Davies).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Whitewood\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer of History at York St. John University, UK. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e The Red Army and the Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Soviet Military\u003c\/i\u003e (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 January 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350117891\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332705681548,"sku":"9781350117891","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_1101483d-f98d-4829-a9b8-24b3c236d211.jpg?v=1783605167","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350117891","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}