History's Greatest Heist: The Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks

by Sean McMeekin

Historians have never resolved a central mystery of the Russian Revolution: How did the Bolsheviks, despite facing a world of enemies and leaving nothing but economic ruin in their path, manage to stay in power through five long years of civil war? In this penetrating book, Sean McMeekin draws on previously undiscovered materials from the Soviet Ministry of Finance and other European and American archives to expose some of the darkest secrets of Russia's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300135580
• ISBN13: 9780300135589
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"