History's Greatest Heist - The Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks

Klappentext Historians have never resolved a central mystery of the Russian Revolution: how did the Bolsheviks! despite facing a world of enemies and leaving nothing but economic ruin in their path! manage to stay in power through five long years of civil war? This book exposes some of the darkest secrets of Russia's early days of communism. Zusammenfassung Historians have never resolved a central mystery of the Russian Revolution: how did the Bolsheviks! despite facing a world of enemies and leaving nothing but economic ruin in their path! manage to stay in power through five long years of civil war? This book exposes some of the darkest secrets of Russia's early days of communism.

Product details

• Authors: Sean McMeekin, McMeekin Sean
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.2009
• EAN: 9780300135589
• ISBN: 978-0-300-13558-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era