RICHARD SAKWA is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, UK. He has published widely on Soviet, Russian and post-communist affairs.

'A wonderfully written book and a stimulating read. Undergraduate students and the general public will certainly get a great deal from Sakwa's overview of Communism in Russia.' - Aaron B. Retish, Wayne State University, USA

• PrefaceThe Russian ProblemA Century of Revolution I: For CommunismA Century of Revolution II: Revolution and PowerA Century of Revolution III: Against CommunismThe Challenge of ModernisationState-buildingOne Russia or Many?Society-formingDemocratisationRussia, the World and WarRussia and the Twentieth CenturyNotes and ReferencesSelect BibliographyIndex.

RICHARD SAKWA is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, UK. He has published widely on Soviet, Russian and post-communist affairs.

'A wonderfully written book and a stimulating read. Undergraduate students and the general public will certainly get a great deal from Sakwa's overview of Communism in Russia.' - Aaron B. Retish, Wayne State University, USA

• PrefaceThe Russian ProblemA Century of Revolution I: For CommunismA Century of Revolution II: Revolution and PowerA Century of Revolution III: Against CommunismThe Challenge of ModernisationState-buildingOne Russia or Many?Society-formingDemocratisationRussia, the World and WarRussia and the Twentieth CenturyNotes and ReferencesSelect BibliographyIndex.