“The amount of sources the author has studied is staggering . . . the book [has] an encyclopedic value and [is] accessible to all scholars interested in political history.”—Martin Kragh, Stockholm School of Economics “Since the Russian experience is still used to vilify the idea of socialism, the debate remains relevant. Van der Linden . . . has now produced a comprehensive sc...(展开全部)

“The amount of sources the author has studied is staggering . . . the book [has] an encyclopedic value and [is] accessible to all scholars interested in political history.”—Martin Kragh, Stockholm School of Economics “Since the Russian experience is still used to vilify the idea of socialism, the debate remains relevant. Van der Linden . . . has now produced a comprehensive sc...(展开全部)

This is the history of the disintegration of the Russian Empire, and the emergence, on its ruins, of a multinational Communist state. The book explores how between 1917 and 1923, the Communists exploited the new nationalism of the people of the Ukraine, Belorussia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Volga-Ural area, first to sieze power and then to expand into the borderlands....(展开全部)

This is the history of the disintegration of the Russian Empire, and the emergence, on its ruins, of a multinational Communist state. The book explores how between 1917 and 1923, the Communists exploited the new nationalism of the people of the Ukraine, Belorussia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Volga-Ural area, first to sieze power and then to expand into the borderlands....(展开全部)

Critical Realism is gaining ground in the social sciences and humanities, and critical realist orientated scholars can be found in economics, gender studies geography, history, law, organisation management studies, social theory and philosophy. Marxism refuses to go away, and remains one of the key intellectual perspectives- a point even conceded by its opponents. Moreover man...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews Review "...a splendid work, a breathtaking synthesis that is at once erudite and accessible, illuminating and a pleasure to read." Daniel J. Kevles "Loren Graham's informative history...leaves one wondering how science could function at all....The remaining, very open, question is: How well will a newly freed Russian science survive the removal of the Soviet h...(展开全部)