Robert McNeal. The Bolshevik Tradition.

CONTENTS

Preface  

Part One

LENIN

The Young Intelligent

The Quest for a Party

The Crucible of Revolution

Failure in Triumph

Lenin and the Bolshevik Tradition

Part Two

STALIN

From Cottage to Kremlin

Preserving the Monolith

The Age of Stalin. The Myth and the Machine

The Age of Stalin. Terror and Utopia

The Age of Stalin. Security and Imperialism

Stalin and the Bolshevik Tradition

Part Three

KHRUSHCHEV

The Education of a Stalinist

The Triumph of the First Secretary

Khrushchev’s Communism

Khrushchev and the Bolshevik Tradition

Part Four

BREZHNEV

The Ungrateful Protégé

Dekhrushchevization

The Primacy of the General Secretary

The Bolshevik Tradition in Perspective

Suggestions for Further Reading