The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution

How did a regime that promised utopian-style freedom end up delivering terror and tyranny? For some, the Bolsheviks were totalitarian and the descent was inevitable; for others, Stalin was responsible; for others still, this period in Russian history was a microcosm of the Cold War.

The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution reasons that these arguments are too simplistic. Rather, the journey from Bolsh...