Reviews

"An extremely valuable account which puts a whole host of ideas about the revolution back into circulation. Everyone from specialists to beginners will find new and stimulating material here....There is no better account of the political outlook of non-Bolshevik intellectuals in this period, and as such this book can be confidently recommended to anyone interested in the history of the revolution and of the Russian intelligentsia."--Journal of Modern
History
"The most surprising thing about this book...is its relevance to the Soviet Union today....After reading Burbank's book, one is less surprised by the crude methods used by the Bolsheviks to ensure their precarious unity than by their accomplishment of preserving any unity at all."--Problems of Communism
"An important and original book. Dealing with the period of the Revolution, Civil War, and the beginning of the New Economic Policy, Dr. Burbank presents an admirable summary and analysis of the vast body of polemical literature inspired by the Bolshevik seizure of power in l917. It raises fundamental and provocative questions about the Russian Revolution....An impressive piece of work."--Paul Avrich, The City University of New York
"The book can be recommended to nonspecialists interested in the playing out of the political debates that occurred after the October Revolution, as well as to those interested in a guide to the commentaries of contemporaries on the new order....Even the specialists familiar with most of these materials will find enlightening information and refreshing perspectives."--Slavic Review