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State and Revolution
Av Vladimir Lenin, Robert Service
Häftad, 2009
147 kr
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In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed masterwork The State and …
The August Coup
The Destruction of the Soviet Union and the Making of New Russia 1985-1991
Inbunden, 2026
320 kr
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'Lively and insightful' – The Times'Magnificent' – The Guardian'A masterly piece of scholarship, written like a political thriller' – The Irish Times‘Superb . . . A work of quite exceptional scholarship and narrative verve’ – Literary Review‘A must-read for those fascinated by the decline and fall …
Penguin History of Modern Russia
From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century, Fifth Edition
Häftad, 2020
214 kr
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Robert Service's The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century provides a superb panorama of Russia in the modern age.Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is still undergoing huge change.In his …
Comrades
Communism: A World History
Häftad, 2008
3,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
214 kr
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An acclaimed examination of the global history of communism, from one of the finest historians of modern Russia.‘One of the best-ever studies of the subject . . . a remarkable accomplishment.’ – The EconomistDecades after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR, Robert Service sets …
History of Modern Russia
From Nicholas II to Putin
E-bok, 2003
132 kr
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A comprehensive overview of twentieth-century Russian history that treats the years from 1917 to 2000 as a single period and analyses the peculiar mixture of political, economic and social ingredients that made up the Soviet compound. It takes the reader from the age of communist rule to the …
Penguin History of Modern Russia
From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century
E-bok, 2015
147 kr
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Robert Service's The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century provides a superb panorama of Russia in the modern age.Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is still undergoing huge change.In his …
Russian Revolution, 1900-1927
Häftad, 2009
396 kr
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This popular, concise and highly readable study discusses the key themes and debates about the Russian Revolution. Robert Service's lively analysis examines:- state and society under the Romanovs from 1900- The February and October Revolutions of 1917- The final years of the Romanov dynasty and the …
Spies and Commissars
Bolshevik Russia and the West
E-bok, 2011
235 kr
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Robert Service, world-leading expert in Russian history, presents a fresh portrait of the early years of the Revolution.‘Fascinating . . . Service has a wonderful eye for the telling detail’ – Independent1917. The world is locked in an ideological battle.The Western powers are anxious to prevent …
Trotsky
A Biography
Häftad, 2010
213 kr
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Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, an acclaimed portrait of Leon Trotsky from one of the finest scholars of modern and Soviet era Russia.‘An outstanding, fascinating biography of this dazzling titan’ – Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Daily TelegraphTrotsky lived a brilliant life in extraordinary times. A …
Lenin
A Biography
E-bok, 2011
260 kr
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A critically acclaimed portrait of Vladimir Lenin, from one of the finest scholars of modern and Soviet era Russia.'This book deserves a place among the best studies of one of the most fascinating figures in modern history' – Harold Shukman, The TimesA colossal figure whose influence on …
Stalin
A Biography
E-bok, 2008
258 kr
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The acclaimed biography of Joseph Stalin from Robert Service, world-leading expert in modern and Soviet era Russia.'Outstanding . . . will be read for decades' – Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red TsarSpanning from childhood to death, Service chronicles every element of …
Comrades
Communism: A World History
E-bok, 2009
250 kr
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An acclaimed examination of the global history of communism, from one of the finest historians of modern Russia.‘One of the best-ever studies of the subject . . . a remarkable accomplishment.’ – The EconomistDecades after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR, Robert Service sets …
Spies and Commissars
Bolshevik Russia and the West
Häftad, 2012
165 kr
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Robert Service, world-leading expert in Russian history, presents a fresh portrait of the early years of the Revolution.‘Fascinating . . . Service has a wonderful eye for the telling detail’ – Independent1917. The world is locked in an ideological battle.The Western powers are anxious to prevent …
End of the Cold War
1985 - 1991
Häftad, 2018
253 kr
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An acclaimed examination of the latter years of the Cold War, from one of the finest historians of modern Russia.‘Absorbingly written . . . this book is destined to become a classic of Cold War historical literature’ – International AffairsAfter decades of struggles between the USSR and the US over …
Stalin
A Biography
Häftad, 2010
231 kr
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The acclaimed biography of Joseph Stalin from Robert Service, world-leading expert in modern and Soviet era Russia.'Outstanding . . . will be read for decades' – Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red TsarSpanning from childhood to death, Service chronicles every element of …
Lenin
A Biography
Häftad, 2010
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
213 kr
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A critically acclaimed portrait of Vladimir Lenin, from one of the finest scholars of modern and Soviet era Russia.'This book deserves a place among the best studies of one of the most fascinating figures in modern history' – Harold Shukman, The TimesA colossal figure whose influence on …
Trotsky
A Biography
E-bok, 2010
254 kr
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Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, an acclaimed portrait of Leon Trotsky from one of the finest scholars of modern and Soviet era Russia.‘An outstanding, fascinating biography of this dazzling titan’ – Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Daily TelegraphTrotsky lived a brilliant life in extraordinary times. A …
Lenin: A Political Life
Volume 1: The Strengths of Contradiction
Inbunden, 1985
1664 kr
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Lenin's politics still reverberate around the world even after the death of the USSR. His name elicits revulsion and reverence. Yet Lenin the man remains largely a mystery. This biography reveals Lenin in his full complexity as a revolutionary, political leader, thinker, and private person. 50 …
Lenin: A Political Life
Volume 2: Worlds in Collision
Inbunden, 1991
577 kr
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In this second volume of his Lenin trilogy, Robert Service builds on the approach established in the first. He emphasises the extraordinary circumstances in Russia and the world enabling Lenin to come to power in 1917. He also details ways whereby Lenin led a turbulent Bolshevik party and adjusted …
Lenin: A Political Life
Volume 3: The Iron Ring
Inbunden, 1994
1715 kr
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The final volume of Robert Service's major trilogy on Lenin's political life takes the account from the Brest-Litovsk Treaty of 1918 to the Bolshevik leader's death in 1924. Attention is paid to the military, political and economic conditions as they changed; to the internal pressures of the …
Lenin: A Political Life
Volume 2: Worlds in Collision
Häftad, 1995
577 kr
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In this second volume of his Lenin trilogy, Robert Service builds on the approach established in the first. He emphasises the extraordinary circumstances in Russia and the world enabling Lenin to come to power in 1917. He also details ways whereby Lenin led a turbulent Bolshevik party and adjusted …
Reinterpreting Russia
Av Geoffrey Hosking, Robert Service
Häftad, 1999
441 kr
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Russia has undergone immense changes in the 20th century. From tsarism to communism, from communism to the market economy. But to what extent does this market economy reproduce the capitalism that characterised Russia in the centuries before 1917? What are the prospects for a democratic, prosperous …
Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism
Av Silvio Pons, Robert Service
Häftad, 2012
844 kr
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The first book of its kind to appear since the end of the Cold War, this indispensable reference provides encyclopedic coverage of communism and its impact throughout the world in the 20th century. With the opening of archives in former communist states, scholars have found new material that has …
Songs of a Sourdough
Häftad, 1999
282 kr
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Songs Of A Sourdough" is Robert Service at his best!. This is nature poetry at its finest. Here the Bard Of The Yukon use picture words that place the reader right in the Yukon of old. As you read you can see the stranger stagger in to the Malamute saloon and feel the fifty below gush of air until …
Songs of the High North
Häftad, 1999
266 kr
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The vigour, humour and rugged rhythms of Robert Service's ballads of Yukon have given them great appeal. This is a collection of 39 poems that relate to his years in North America, and include "Men of the High North", "The Ballad of the Northern Lights" and "Eldorado".
Best of Robert Service
Häftad, 2000
314 kr
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Robert Service, famous for his ballads of life in the Gold Rush years of the Yukon, among them The Shooting of Dangerous Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", painted pictures of artists, grisettes and models from the merry, tragic life of bohemian Paris of the early 1900s, inspired by the …
The Best of Robert Service
Av Robert Service, Mariken Van Nimwegen
Inbunden, 2021
508 kr
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This new and revised edition of poems about the men and women of the North features the most loved ballads by Robert Service, and is illustrated with lively art by Marilen Van Nimwegen. While living in Whitehorse, Robert Service wrote The Cremation of Sam McGee, and other well-known poems. He wrote …
