The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917: The End of the Tsarist Regime and the Birth of Dual Power
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917: The End of the Tsarist Regime and the Birth of Dual Power
By (Author) Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books
27th December 2018
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
Far-left political ideologies and movements
Left-of-centre democratic ideologies
Social and cultural history
General and world history
947.0841
Physical Properties
Paperback
701
Width 155mm, Height 230mm
Description
The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917 is the most comprehensive book on the epic uprising that toppled the tsarist monarchy and ushered in the next stage of the Russian Revolution. Hasegawa presents in detail the intense drama of the nine days of the revolution, including the workers' strike, soldiers' revolt, the scrambling of revolutionary party activists to control the revolution, and the liberals' conspiracy to force Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate.
Author Bio
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Ph.D. (1969), University of Washington, is Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of the prize-winning books,Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and Japan's Surrender in the Pacific War(Harvard University Press, 2005),The Northern Territories Dispute and Russo-Japanese Relations(University of California, 1998), andThe February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917(University of Washington Press, 1981).
