Richard pipes the russian revolution

A history before beginning reading any indepth book such as this. Feb 07, 2017 the impact of world war i and the russian revolution on the world of russian and east european jewry duration. Richard pipes was a prominent scholar of russian history at harvard for nearly half a century. Richard pipes, prosecutor of the russian revolution. From secret archive are essentially the same dull works. 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. Richard pipes, the author of a monumental, sharply polemical series of historical works on russia, the russian revolution and the bolshevik regime, and. Richard pipes s authoritative history of the violent and disruptive acts that created the first modern totalitarian. During the 1970s and 1980s, pipes was also a significant figure in the formulation of american foreign policy. He was richard pipes, longtime professor of russian history at harvard, and a.

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. Pipess lenin was in fact well known by 1996, he was still evil incarnate, and pipes provided a few new citations and. 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 books list of books by author richard pipes. Publication date 1991 topics soviet union history revolution, 19171921. The russian revolution, 1990, the author has distilled his arguments concerning several key questions. Richard pipes argues convincingly that the russian revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class, uprising. Firing line via youtube he approached soviet history like a prosecutor. A revolution doomed from the start the new york times. The book, based on lectures given at the institute for human. Born in poland, richard pipes fled the country with his family when germany invaded it in 1939. Richard edgar pipes was an american academic who specialized in. Firstly because the russian revolution is one of my favourite historical events representing the first time in history that. This particular volume is really the second installment of pipess penetrating look at.

Richard pipes, a preeminent harvard scholar of russian and soviet history, whose forceful opposition to accommodation with the soviets was a cornerstone of president ronald reagans foreign. A concise history of the russian revolution by richard. The russian revolution is the culmination of forty years of research by noted historian richard pipes. 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. The fact that he dedicates the russian revolution to the victims tells you all you need to know about his perspective on the subject. The russian revolution is a monster of a book 842 pages not including endnotes. Richard pipess revisionist history of the russian revolution jstor. 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.

For those without the energy or leisure to digest pipes s magisterial history of revolutionary russia russia under the bolshevik regime, 1994. He is the author of numerous books and essays on russia, past and present, including russia under the bolshevik regime. 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. Richard pipes book about the russian revolution is a classic. A history, and three whys of the russian revolution, and more on. A critique of richard pipes on the russian revolution. T he most respected academic authority on the russian revolution, 20 th century communism, and the cold war has died. 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. This particular volume is really the second installment of pipes s penetrating look at. Richard pipes, prosecutor of the russian revolution jacobin. It follows events, as they unfold, sometimes literally from day to day.

This particular volume is really the second installment of pipes s penetrating look at russian history. His intellectual clarity is undeniable, as is the fact that his opinions. Oct 31, 2017 ive selected to critique richard pipes on the russian revolution. Three whys of the russian revolution by richard pipes, 9780679776468, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. In a recent book, yet to be translated into english entitled the. 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. 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 communists later claimed credit, and in the upheavals of 1917. Richard pipes national endowment for the humanities neh. A concise history of the russian revolution by richard pipes. It describes the revolutionaries as perpetrators, dictators, totalitarians the inventors of the concentration camp. Perhaps 10 million people disappeared in the caldron of the revolution, roughly equivalent to those killed on all sides in world war i. Jul, 2011 richard pipes was for many years a professor of history at harvard university.

The first one give us a good analysis of the happenings and causes that leaded firstly to february 17 and later to october 17. 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. Needless to say, a concise history of the russian revolution did not disappoint. The family later moved to warsaw but were forced to flee the nazi invasion in 1939. Born in cieszyn, poland, pipes and his family fled shortly after the nazi occupation in 1939. Richard pipes book about the russian revolution has two parts. Ive selected to critique richard pipes on the russian revolution. A collection of richard pipes articles for commentary is available here, and the hoover institution website also has some material. After reaching the united states a year later, pipes began his education at muskingum college, which was interrupted in 1943 when he was drafted into the army air corps and sent to cornell to study russian. Richard pipes russian revolution of 1917 was not an event or even a process, but a sequence of disruptive and violent acts that occurred more or less concurrently but involved actors with differing and in some measure contradictory objectives. Three whys of the russian revolution richard pipes. Author of twentyseven books, pipes was also a nuclear. Richard pipes was for many years a professor of history at harvard university. Seventy years on the road to nowhere the new york times.

A new history recalibrates the villains of the russian revolution. 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. In 198182 he served as president reagans national security council adviser on soviet and east european affairs. Simply put, this is the best overall book on the subject of the russian revolution. The final product flows like a political drama, with many lessons for the challenges we face today. No single volume known to me even begins to cater so adequately to those who want to discover what really happened to russia. Pipes, unquestionably the preeminent american scholar of this period, pulls together in this volume the key insights and information of his vast bibliography. 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. Richard pipes, historian who helped shape reaganera. May 17, 2018 the pipes russian revolution book is dedicated to the victims.

Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the russian revolution. Richard pipes was a jewishamerican historian who specialised in tsarist russia, the russian revolution and the soviet union. Richard pipes in his study at widener library on harvard campus, 1991. A concise history of the russian revolution by pipes, richard. Drawing on archival materials newly released in russia, he chronicles the upheaval that began as a conservative. Many of pipess subsequent books, including a concise history of the russian revolution, the three whys of the russian revolution, and the unknown lenin. I own about 15 books on the subject and this is where you want to be for a detailed topdown look at the revolution. Russia under the old regime 1974 was his first illuminating study.

Richard pipes has made a habit of being right, and about some of the biggest issues. See all books authored by richard pipes, including communism. Richard pipes was an american historian who specialised in russia, the russian revolution and the soviet union. 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. For richard pipes, the anticommunist ideologue and historian, soviet tyranny was rooted not in communism, but in the russian soul.