Communism in the Soviet Union
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The noted historian Jacques Barzun calls the 1917 Russian Revolution one of only four truly momentous revolutions in the history of the modern era. The events of 1917 were the consequence of long-running disputes between peasants and industrial workers who increasingly had resorted to violent uprisings against an autocratic Romanov dynastic tradition. Nonetheless, when imperialist Russia entered World War I, it did so with the support of not only Czar Nicholas II but also the Duma (council assemblies), conservatives and liberals alike. Support for the war and the country’s leadership disappeared however, in the wake of Russia’s inability to mobilize for the war effort, weak leadership, and the actions of Czarina Alexandra.
Contents
- Totalitarianism
- Communism in the Soviet Union
- Fascism in Western Europe
- Totalitarianism as Anti-modernity
- Vladimir Lenin: What Is to Be Done?
- Rudolf Steiner: Theosophy
- John Reed: “Soviets in Action”
- Clara Zetkin: “Organising Working Women”
- Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf
- José Ortega y Gasset: The Revolt of the Masses
- Sigmund Freud: Civilization and Its Discontents
- Benito Mussolini: “The Doctrine of Fascism”
- Joseph Stalin: “Results of the First Five-year Plan”
- Rudolf Hess: Oath to Adolf Hitler
- Leon Trotsky: “I Stake My Life!”
- Munich Pact
- Reinhard Heydrich: Memorandum concerning Kristallnacht
- Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Neville Chamberlain: Speech on Germany’s Invasion of Poland
- Liu Shaoqi: How to Be a Good Communist
- Vyacheslav Molotov: Address on Germany’s Invasion of Russia
- Cardinal Clemens von Galen: “Against Nazi Euthanasia”
- John W. Pehle and John J. McCloy: Debate about the Bombing of Auschwitz
- Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany
- Robert H. Jackson: Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany
- Mao Zedong: “On the People’s Democratic Dictatorship”
- Mao Zedong: “On the Co-Operative Transformation of Agriculture”