Lenin A Political Life Volume 1 The Strengths of Contradiction [Hardcover]

Lenin's politics still reverberate around the world even after the death of the USSR. His name elicits revulsion and reverence. Yet Lenin the man remains largely a mystery. This biography reveals Lenin in his full complexity as a revolutionary, political leader, thinker, and private person. 50 halftones. 3 maps.Foreword to the Second Edition - Notes and Acknowledgements - Prologue: The Enigma of Lenin - Cross-Currents - Roads to Freedom - Arrivals - Capitalism in One Country - Straightening Sticks - From this Accursed Distance - Sturm und Drang - Predicting the Tide - For the Good of the Cause - Doubts and Certainties - Notes - Index