LEADER 00000pam 2200505 i 4500 001 973084532 003 OCoLC 005 20171204121407.0 008 170303s2017 nyua b 001 0beng 010 2017008076 020 9781101871638|q(hardcover ;|qalkaline paper) 020 1101871636|q(hardcover ;|qalkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)973084532|z(OCoLC)972772022|z(OCoLC)972989386 |z(OCoLC)973281041 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dBDX|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ |dGK8|dOCL|dIMmBT|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 e-ur--- 092 BIO|bLENIN 100 1 Sebestyen, Victor,|d1956-|eauthor. 245 10 Lenin :|bthe man, the dictator, and the master of terror / |cVictor Sebestyen. 250 First United States edition. 264 1 New York :|bPantheon Books,|c2017. 300 xix, 569 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 538-547) and index. 520 2 "Since the birth of Soviet Russia, Vladimir Lenin has been viewed as a controversial figure, revered and reviled for his rigid political ideals. He continues to fascinate as a man who made history, and created the first Communist state, a model that would later be imitated by nearly half the countries in the world. Drawing on new research, including the diaries, memoirs, and personal letters of both Lenin and his friends, Victor Sebestyen's biography-- the first in English in nearly two decades--is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century, but a portrait of Lenin the man. Lenin was someone who loved nature, hunting, fishing and could identify hundreds of species of plants, a despotic ruler whose closest ties and friendships were with women. The long-suppressed story of the complex love triangle Lenin had with his wife, and his mistress and comrade, reveals a different character to the coldly one-dimensional figure of the legend. Sebestyen also reveals Lenin as a ruthless and single-minded despot and a 'product of his time and place: a violent, tyrannical and corrupt Russia.' He seized power in a coup, promised a revolution, a socialist utopia for the people, offered simple solutions to complex issues and constantly lied; in fact, what he created was more 'a mirror image of the Romanov autocracy.' He authorized the deaths of thousands of people, and created a system based on the idea that political terror against opponents was justified for the greater ideal. One of his old comrades who had once admired him said he 'desired the good ... but created evil.' And that would include his invention of Stalin, who would take Lenin's system of the gulag and the secret police to new heights"--|cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich,|d1870-1924|xInfluence. 600 10 Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich,|d1870-1924|xPolitical and social views. 600 10 Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich,|d1870-1924|xRelations with women. 600 10 Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich,|d1870-1924|xPsychology. 650 0 Revolutionaries|zSoviet Union|vBiography. 650 0 Dictators|zSoviet Union|vBiography. 650 0 State-sponsored terrorism|zSoviet Union|xHistory |vBiography. 651 0 Soviet Union|xPolitics and government|y1917-1936 |vBiography. 655 7 Biographies.|2lcgft
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