A concise history of the russian revolution by richard pipes. Richard pipess revisionist history of the russian revolution jstor. Richard pipess authoritative history of the violent and disruptive acts that created the first modern totalitarian regime portrays the crisis at the heart of the tsarist empire. The russian revolution background and why did tsarism fall. The russian revolution and millions of other books are available for instant access. Artikelen van richard pipes koop je eenvoudig online bij.
Richard pipes had an impressive oeuvre that covered the breath of russias history, its politics, intellectual culture, and foreign policy. The russian revolution kindle edition by pipes, richard. In 198182 he served as president reagans national security council adviser on soviet and east european affairs, and he has twice received a guggenheim fellowship. Pipes was born in southern poland, the son of a middleclass businessman. I strongly recommend reading richard pipes short title, communism. Richard pipes spells out four reasons that the collapse of tsarism was not inevitable in his book the three whys of the russian revolution russia had survived the revolution of 1905 by making political concessions in the october manifesto. The pipes russian revolution book is dedicated to the victims. Richard pipes was a prominent scholar of russian history at harvard for nearly half a century. A new history recalibrates the villains of the russian revolution. Richard pipes, historian who helped shape reaganera. Born in cieszyn, poland, pipes and his family fled shortly after the nazi occupation in 1939.
A critique of richard pipes the russian revolution jstor. By richard pipes given the pivotal significance of the russian revolution, we wish to provide our readers with what we feel is one of the most conicse, well researched and most thoughtful considerations of the causes of the revolution. A revolution doomed from the start the new york times. Author of twentyseven books, pipes was also a nuclear. Russia under the old regime 1974 was his first illuminating study. Richard edgar pipes july 11, 1923 may 17, 2018 was a polishamerican academic who specialized in russian history, particularly with respect to the soviet union, who espoused a strong anticommunist point of view throughout his career. He was right that the russian revolution was authoritarian in origin and nature, and he was right that the soviet union was a potemkin state. In 1976, he headed team b, a team of analysts organized by the central intelligence agency who analyzed the strategic capacities and goals.
Pipes explains that for 70 years prior to the 1990s. The author, a distinguished harvard historian, seeks to present a comprehensive view of the russian revolution, tracing its roots in the half century before 1917, a period he has already examined in. The vastness of this tragedy has understandably caused some, like richard pipes in his recent twovolume history of the period, to question revolution itself as a means of advancing human welfare. It contains also valuable information, which corrects some widespread belifs, e. It follows events, as they unfold, sometimes literally from day to day. Richard pipes was an american historian who specialised in russia, the russian revolution and the soviet union it created. The final product flows like a political drama, with many lessons for the challenges we face today. A concise history of the russian revolution by pipes, richard. With erudition lightly worn, harvard historian pipes, in this massive, wonderfully vivid, gripping chronicle, stresses the role of liberals both in the russian revolution of. His intellectual clarity is undeniable, as is the fact that his opinions. This particular volume is really the second installment of pipes s penetrating look at.
Firstly because the russian revolution is one of my favourite historical events. Jul, 2011 richard pipes was for many years a professor of history at harvard university. Perhaps 10 million people disappeared in the caldron of the revolution, roughly equivalent to those killed on all sides in world war i. The most telling feature of this triumph is that it was not a revolt of the proletariat based on the will of the common man but a. A collection of richard pipes articles for commentary is available here, and the hoover institution website also has some material. Firstly because the russian revolution is one of my favourite historical events representing the first time in history that. Richard pipes s authoritative history of the violent and disruptive acts that created the first modern totalitarian regime portrays the crisis at the heart of the tsarist empire. Richard pipes book about the russian revolution is a classic. Washington post book world hails it as a gripping read. July 11, 1923 may 17, 2018 was an american academic who specialized in russian history, particularly with respect to the soviet union, who espoused a strong anticommunist point of view throughout his career. Richard pipes, the most prolific of a generation of anticommunist cold warriors, has died.
Jun 06, 2017 wellwritten, with new details from archival research used for vivid descriptions of key events, the russian revolution comes nearly three decades after richard pipess masterpiece of the. Four british folkways in america, by david hackett fischer remembering who we are. M y subject is the russian revolution, arguably the most important. It describes the revolutionaries as perpetrators, dictators, totalitarians the inventors of the concentration camp. Ive selected to critique richard pipes on the russian revolution. Richard pipes, prosecutor of the russian revolution. Richard pipes russia, breathing, revolution 32 copy quote somebody who sticks to his guns can be called a stubborn person or a principled person, it depends on whether you like his ideas or not. The family later moved to warsaw but were forced to flee the nazi invasion in 1939. He is the author of numerous books and essays on russia, past and present, including russia under the bolshevik regime. Richard pipes was a jewishamerican historian who specialised in tsarist russia, the russian revolution and the soviet union. Publication date 1991 topics soviet union history revolution, 19171921. Richard pipes was born in polish silesia, recently emancipated from russian rule, on july 11 1923 into an assimilated, uppermiddle. Pipes writes trenchantly, and at times superblyno single volume known to me even begins to cater so adequately to those who want to discover what really happened to russianor do i know any other book better designed to help soviet citizens to struggle out of the darkness. A new history recalibrates the villains of the russian.
The russian revolution, 1990, the author has distilled his arguments concerning several key questions. No single volume known to me even begins to cater so adequately to those who want to discover what really happened to russia. Richard pipes argues convincingly that the russian revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class, uprising. Pipess lenin was in fact well known by 1996, he was still evil incarnate, and pipes provided a few new citations and. In a recent book, yet to be translated into english entitled the. In 198182 he served as president reagans national security council adviser on soviet and east european affairs. A concise history of the russian revolution is an outstanding scholarly work by richard pipes, who has not only researched the subject in considerable depth, but also describes the events of the period in a lucid, gripping manner that keeps you engrossed throughout. A concise history of the russian revolution by richard. May 17, 2018 the pipes russian revolution book is dedicated to the victims. Richard pipes book about the russian revolution has two parts. M y subject is the russian revolution, arguably the. Pipes, unquestionably the preeminent american scholar of this period, pulls together in this volume the key insights and information of his vast bibliography. Born in poland in 1923, he was a virulent anticommunist and served in the reagan administration national security council in the early 1980s.
Richard pipes, a preeminent harvard scholar of russian and soviet history, whose forceful opposition to accommodation with the soviets was a cornerstone of. Richard pipes was for many years a professor of history at harvard university. Many of pipes s subsequent books, including a concise history of the russian revolution, the three whys of the russian revolution, and the unknown lenin. Needless to say, a concise history of the russian revolution did not disappoint. From secret archive are essentially the same dull works. The first one give us a good analysis of the happenings and causes that leaded firstly to february 17 and later to october 17. This particular volume is really the second installment of pipess penetrating look at. Richard pipes in his study at widener library on harvard campus, 1991. Richard edgar pipes was an american academic who specialized. During the 1970s and 1980s, pipes was also a significant figure in the formulation of american foreign policy. Many of pipess subsequent books, including a concise history of the russian revolution, the three whys of the russian revolution, and the unknown lenin. The french obviously considered russia economy stable and invested greatly in it. Drawing on archival materials newly released in russia, he chronicles the upheaval that began as a conservative revolt but was soon captured by messianic intellectuals intent not merely on.
According to richard pipes in the three whys of the russian revolution, lenins character holds the key to the triumph of the bolsheviks. He became an american citizen in 1943 while serving in the u. The russian revolution 1st vintage books ed edition. Richard pipes was an american historian who specialised in russia, the russian revolution and the soviet union. Richard edgar pipes was a polishamerican academic who specializes in russian history, particularly with respect to the soviet union, who espoused a strong anticommunist point of view throughout his career. Nor do i know any other book better designed to help soviet citizens to struggle out of the darkness. Simply put, this is the best overall book on the subject of the russian revolution. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Abridged version of the russian revolution includes bibliographical references p. May 17, 2018 richard pipes, the author of a monumental, sharply polemical series of historical works on russia, the russian revolution and the bolshevik regime, and a top adviser to the reagan administration. Relentless anticommunism defined the late richard pipes as more propagandist than historian.
Richard pipess the russian revolution i899i9i9 is eminently readable, richly documented and highly idiosyncratic, a wellpondered, major work by a leading historian of russia who has quite a few bees and, for good measure, wasps in his bonnet. The fact that he dedicates the russian revolution to the victims tells you all you need to know about his perspective on the subject. For those without the energy or leisure to digest pipes s magisterial history of revolutionary russia russia under the bolshevik regime, 1994. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Three whys of the russian revolution by richard pipes, 9780679776468, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. I own about 15 books on the subject and this is where you want to be for a detailed topdown look at the revolution. Drawing on archival materials newly released in russia, he chronicles the upheaval that began as a conservative. Richard pipes far right with from right secretary of defense casper weinberger, us president ronald reagan, and secretary of state george shultz, november 1985. A concise history of the russian revolution, by richard pipes the coming of the civil war, by avery craven the presidency of thomas jefferson, by forrest mcdonald albions seed. Richard pipes, the author of a monumental, sharply polemical series of historical works on russia, the russian revolution and the bolshevik regime, and a top adviser to the reagan administration on. Wellwritten, with new details from archival research used for vivid descriptions of key events, the russian revolution comes nearly three decades after richard pipes s masterpiece of the. The russian revolution is the culmination of forty years of research by noted historian richard pipes. Harvard history professor and noted sovietologist richard pipes may aspire to objectivity in a concise history of the russian revolution, but his reading of russia between 1900 and 1924 is.
However, a more political project informed his narrative of russias historical development. The soviet system, the child of the revolution, failed the ultimate test of survival. This particular volume is really the second installment of pipes s penetrating look at russian history. History reflections on the russian revolution by richard pipes given the pivotal significance of the russian revolution, we wish to provide our readers with what we feel is one of the most conicse, well researched and most thoughtful considerations of the causes of the revolution. Richard pipes national endowment for the humanities neh.
For richard pipes, the anticommunist ideologue and historian, soviet tyranny was rooted not in communism, but in the russian soul. With erudition lightly worn, harvard historian pipes, in this massive, wonderfully vivid, gripping chronicle, stresses the role of liberals both in the russian revolution of 1905, for which the commun. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the russian revolution. During the 1970s and 1980s pipes was also a significant figure in the formulation of united states foreign policy. Pipes s lenin was in fact well known by 1996, he was still evil incarnate, and pipes provided a few new citations and. Richard pipes, prosecutor of the russian revolution jacobin. The book, based on lectures given at the institute for human. In three whys of the russian revolution, the eminent scholar of russian history, richard pipes, confronts the challenge of assessing the causes and course of the russian revolutions from a postcold war perspective. Born in poland in 1923, he was a virulent anticommunist and. May 21, 2018 richard pipes, who has died aged 94, was a historian of the soviet union whose anticommunism was so strident that many of his fellow historians warned their students not to read him. Pipes came to harvard after undergraduate study at cornell where the army had sent him to learn russian, thereby launching his career as one of the nations foremost russian specialists.
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