The Dilemmas of Lenin Terrorism War Empire Love Revolution 1st Edition by Tariq Ali ISBN 1786631105 978-1786631107

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ISBN 10: 1786631105

ISBN 13: 978-1786631107 

Author: Tariq Ali

The secret life of the man who reshaped Russia

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the October 1917 uprising, is one of the most misunderstood leaders of the twentieth century. In his own time, there were many, even among his enemies, who acknowledged the full magnitude of his intellectual and political achievements. But his legacy has been lost in misinterpretation; he is worshipped but rarely read.

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Tariq Ali explores the two major influences on Lenin’s thought—the turbulent history of Tsarist Russia and the birth of the international labour movement—and explains how Lenin confronted dilemmas that still cast a shadow over the present. Is terrorism ever a viable strategy? Is support for imperial wars ever justified? Can politics be made without a party? Was the seizure of power in 1917 morally justified? Should he have parted company from his wife and lived with his lover?

In The Dilemmas of Lenin, Ali provides an insightful portrait of Lenin’s deepest preoccupations and underlines the clarity and vigour of his theoretical and political formulations. He concludes with an affecting account of Lenin’s last two years, when he realized that “we knew nothing” and insisted that the revolution had to be renewed lest it wither and die.

Table of contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: On Lenin

Section 1: Terrorism and Utopia

1. Terrorism versus Absolutism
2. The Elder Brother
3. The Younger Brother

Section 2: Internationalism, Socialism, Empires and War
4. The Birth of Internationalism
5. Socialism
6. Empires at War

Section 3: 1917–1920: States and Revolutions
7. February
8. October
9. The Aftermath
10. The Third International
11. Red Army, Civil War, Military Philosophers

Section 4: The Question of Women
12. The First Wave
13. The Octobrist Women
14. Sunlight and Moonlight

Section 5: The Last Fight Let Us Face
15. Till the Bitter End
16. Friends and Enemies

Epilogue: On Climbing a High Mountain, by V. I. Lenin
Glossary of Personal Names
Further Reading
Index

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