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1917 The Russian Revolution: Reactions and Impact
Edited by David Morgan
(Socialist History Society, £6)
“DO WE really need another book on the Russian revolution?” David Morgan asks rhetorically in his preface to this publication.
The answer is “yes” if it deepens our understanding of those historical events and provides a fresh perspective and this volume of short essays by eight perceptive and challenging historians does just that.
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