Twentieth Century Russia: Ninth Edition

By Donald W. Treadgold

Book Overview

This revised eighth edition traces the dramatic transformations of Russian society from the opening decades of the 20th century to the present day. In the light of revised theories, Professor Treadgold re-examines the rise of Russian Marxism from its early beginnings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813336724
• ISBN13: 9780813336725
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A nice history of the country during the past century.

Professor Treadgold was a nice author of this needed history of Russia. I used this book in a history class of Russia and thought this book very interesting. I have just reread it, and it is still a classic book about the last hundred years history of Russia. Treadgold follows standard thought about most interpretations of Russian history. Even though I thought this book was great, the single chapters about Breshnev, Gorbachev, and Yeltsin do not do justice to these large spans of time for the country. I thought he could have put a few more chapters on these immensely important time periods. Lenin, Stalin, and Nicholas II are dealt in depth in the writing. The print is small and there are no pictures, just maps and writing. At over 400 pages, this is not for those who want a summary history of this nation. Rather it is for those who want to understand what happened in Russia during the last century.