Lenin: Revolution and Power - Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

Title: Lenin: Revolution and Power
Author: Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
Publisher: Longman Group Limited
Format: Paperback
Edition: First English edition, 1982. French edition first published 1979
ISBN: 0-582-29559-9
Condition: Second-hand. Good. Covers show light shelf wear, rubbing and minor edge and corner wear, with a few small surface marks. Spine remains intact and the binding appears sound. Pages show light age toning. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

The first volume of A History of the Soviet Union 1917–1953, tracing the Russian Revolution from 1917 through the development of Bolshevik power and the political struggles that followed Lenin’s death.

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse examines Leninist ideology, the problems confronting the new Soviet state and the tensions between revolutionary change and gradual reform, combining political history with analysis of the personalities and institutions that shaped early Soviet rule. Translated by Valence Ionescu.