The Unknown Lenin; From the Secret Archive
, by Edited by Richard Pipes; With a new Afterword by the editor; Basic translation of Russian documents by Catherine A. FitzpatrickNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780300076622 | 0300076622
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 6/10/1999
Lenin - the man, the revolutionary, and the world leader - has remained an enigma, part myth arising from the tumult of the Russian Revolution and part image carefully controlled for nearly seventy years by the leaders of the Soviet Union and their sympathizers abroad. The Unknown Lenin, containing long concealed documents from the Soviet archives, helps correct the myth and revise the image. Lenin emerges here as a ruthless, manipulative leader who used terror, subversion, and persecution to achieve his goals.