{"product_id":"the-russian-revolution-9780394502410","title":"The Russian Revolution","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Russian Revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e by Pipes, Richard. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780394502410.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMr. Pipes writes trenchantly, and at times superbly....No single volume known to me even begins to cater so adequately to those who want to discover what really happened to Russia....Nor do I know any other book better designed to help Soviet citizens to struggle out of the darkness.\"\n\n-- Ronald Hingley, The New York Times Book Review\n\nGround-breaking in its inclusiveness, enthralling in its narrative of a movement whose purpose, in the words of Leon Trotsky, was \"to overthrow the world,\" The Russian Revolution draws conclusions that have already aroused great controversy in this country-and that are certain to be explosive when the book is published in the Soviet Union. Richard Pipes argues convincingly that the Russian Revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class, uprising; that it was steeped in terror from its very outset; and that it was not a revolution at all but a coup detat -- \"the capture of governmental power by a small minority.\"\n\nFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256195145781,"sku":"ByrdShop_0394502418","price":78.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780394502410_8564f19a-03a5-47db-aa48-b7d08e1a6e3f.jpg?v=1779938284","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-russian-revolution-9780394502410","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}