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020			_a9781101871638 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
020			_z9781101871645 (ebook)
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100	1		_aSebestyen, Victor, _d1956-
245	1	0	_aLenin : _bthe man, the dictator, and the master of terror / _cVictor Sebestyen.
263			_a1711
264		1	_aNew York : _bPantheon, _c2017.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520	2		_a"Since the birth of Soviet Russia, Vladimir Lenin has been viewed as a controversial figure, revered and reviled for his rigid political ideals. He continues to fascinate as a man who made history, and created the first Communist state, a model that would later be imitated by nearly half the countries in the world. Drawing on new research, including the diaries, memoirs, and personal letters of both Lenin and his friends, Victor Sebestyen's biography--the first in English in nearly two decades--is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century, but a portrait of Lenin the man. Lenin was someone who loved nature, hunting, fishing and could identify hundreds of species of plants, a despotic ruler whose closest ties and friendships were with women. The long-suppressed story of the complex love triangle Lenin had with his wife, and his mistress and comrade, reveals a different character to the coldly one-dimensional figure of the legend. Sebestyen also reveals Lenin as a ruthless and single-minded despot and a 'product of his time and place: a violent, tyrannical and corrupt Russia.' He seized power in a coup, promised a revolution, a socialist utopia for the people, offered simple solutions to complex issues and constantly lied; in fact, what he created was more 'a mirror image of the Romanov autocracy.' He authorized the deaths of thousands of people, and created a system based on the idea that political terror against opponents was justified for the greater ideal. One of his old comrades who had once admired him said he 'desired the good... but created evil.' And that would include his invention of Stalin, who would take Lenin's system of the gulag and the secret police to new heights"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600	1	0	_aLenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, _d1870-1924 _xInfluence.
600	1	0	_aLenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, _d1870-1924 _xPolitical and social views.
600	1	0	_aLenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, _d1870-1924 _xRelations with women.
600	1	0	_aLenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, _d1870-1924 _xPsychology.
650		0	_aRevolutionaries _zSoviet Union _vBiography.
650		0	_aDictators _zSoviet Union _vBiography.
650		0	_aState-sponsored terrorism _zSoviet Union _xHistory.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xPolitics and government _y1917-1936.
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. _2bisacsh
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aSebestyen, Victor, 1956- author. _tLenin _dNew York : Pantheon, 2017 _z9781101871645 _w(DLC) 2017012234
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