{"product_id":"three-whys-of-the-russian-richard-pipes-9780679776468","title":"Three \"Whys\" of the Russian Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmerica's foremost authority on Russian communism--the author of the definitive studies \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRussia Under the Bolshevik\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRegime--\u003c\/i\u003enow addresses the enigmas of that country's 70-year enthrallment with communism. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuccinct, lucidly argued, and lively in its detail, this book offers a brilliant summation of the life's work of \"one of America's great historians\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The author has distilled his arguments concerning several key questions: Why did tsarism fall? Why did the Bolsheviks triumph? Why did Stalin succeed Lenin? The book, based on lectures given at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, has a nicely colloquial feel, clarity, and vigor. At the heart of the answers to the first two questions is Pipes's assertion that, far from being the product of large, impersonal forces of history, the fall of the tsar and the rise to power of the Bolsheviks (in, he reminds us, a coup d' tat largely unsupported by the Russian people) were the result of the old regime's clear failings and Lenin's genius for manipulation and appetite for total power. Stalin succeeded Lenin, Pipes asserts, because Lenin had so successfully suppressed all elements of democracy that no alternatives were possible.... A concise and eminently straightforward summary of current research on the rise and nature of Communism in Russia.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Pipes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067977646X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679776468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.15w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1997 pg. 634","brand":"Richard Pipes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992274632959,"sku":"9780679776468","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46a5b5b6-50cd-4b3d-8ec5-ae1b6a4ab5e1.jpg?v=1683315093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-whys-of-the-russian-richard-pipes-9780679776468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}