Leninism and Western Socialism

Historian Roy Medvedev reviews the process by which the doctrine of Marxism-Leninism was consolidated in the USSR and the international movement. He then considered the Russian Revolution, analyzing four issues: the dictatorship of the proletariat, the historic value of soviets as a form of governmental power, the roles and right of majorities and minorities, and finally he discusses the historic division between Communism and Social Democracy.

Softcover. English. Verso. 19810860917398. 310 pp. Fair. Book No: 52503