Publisher's Synopsis
An exam-focused study of the three main issues about Lenin, designed specifically for today's AS and A Level students.
This title covers:
- Why historians differ - an introduction to interpretations and historiography
- A brief biography, including a timeline and an 'Understanding Lenin' box
- Issue 1: Did he help or hinder Russian Socialism?
- Issue 2: Bolshevik Revolution: coup or mass uprising?
- Issue 3: Liberator or dictator?
- Lenin: an assessment
- Further reading