The History of the Civil War in the USSR, Volume One - The Prelude of the Great Proletarian Revolution: From the Beginning of the War to the Beginning of October 1917 (large format edition)
Author(s): Maxim Gorky, Kliment Voroshilov, Sergei Kirov, Andrei Zhdanov, Joseph Stalin
Publisher: International Publishers
Year: 1937
Language: English
Pages: 296
City: New York
Chapter One: The Eve of the Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution - 15
1. War - 15
2. Disintegration - 28
3. Disintegration of the Army - 35
4. Tsarist Russia: A Prison of Nations - 40
5. Two Conspiracies - 47
Chapter Two: The February Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution - 59
1. Revolt in the Capital - 59
2. Success of the February Revolution - 63
3. Dual Power - 71
4. The Provisional Government Strives for the Undivided Power of the Bourgeoisie - 79
Chapter Three: Lenin Returns to Russia - 89
1. Seeking a Way into Revolutionary Russia - 89
2. Lenin in Petrograd - 91
Chapter Four: The April Conference of the R.S.D.L.P. (Bolsheviks) - 93
Chapter Five: The Bolshevik Party Works to Win the Masses - 107
1. The April Demonstration - 107
2. The Coalition Government at Work - 112
3. The National Policy of the Provisional Government - 118
4. The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets - 122
5. The June Demonstration - 126
6. The Russian Military Offensive - 130
7. Spread of Revolution in the Army - 133
Chapter Six: The Red Guard - 137
1. The Proletarian Militia - 137
2. The Red Guard in the Capital - 140
Chapter Seven: The July Days - 147
1. Workers' Action in the Capital - 147
2. The July Demonstration in the Capital - 150
3. The July Demonstration Smashed - 152
4. The Proletariat Loses Faith in the Compromisers - 161
Chapter Eight: The Sixth Congress of the Bolshevik Party - 163
Chapter Nine: The Kornilov Revolt - 175
1. Preparations for a Military Dictatorship - 175
2. The Bourgeoisie Starts Civil War - 182
3. The Revolt of the Generals Crushed - 187
Chapter Ten: Economic Collapse - 191
1. Capitalist Sabotage - 191
2. Financial Collapse - 197
3. Transport Disorganisation - 199
4. Spread of the Agrarian Movement - 201
5. Approaching Famine - 206
Chapter Eleven: The Economic Platform of the Bolshevik Party on the Eve of the Proletarian Revolution - 209
1. Bolshevik Slogans - 209
2. Nationalisation of the Land - 211
3. Workers' Control Over Production - 212
4. Nationalisation of the Banks and Industrial Trusts - 213
Chapter Twelve: The Revolutionary Crisis Grows - 215
1. A New Wave of Economic and Revolutionary Strikes - 215
2. Peasant Revolts and the Spread of the National Emancipation Movement - 219
Chapter Thirteen: The Army and Navy on the Eve of the October Revolution - 223
1. The Situation at the Front - 223
2. The Navy on the Eve of the October Revolution - 229
3. Bolshevisation of the Army - 231
Chapter Fourteen: Manœuvres of the Compromisers and Plans of the Bourgeoisie in Face of the Impending Revolution - 239
1. The Socialist-Revolutionaries and Mensheviks: The Last Buttress of the Bourgeoisie - 239
2. Bourgeois Efforts to Stem the Revolution - 243
Chapter Fifteen: Disposition of the Counter-Revolutionary Forces on the Eve of the Great Proletarian Revolution - 249
1. Bourgeois Shock Detachments - 249
2. The Officers' Corps - 255
3. Bourgeois National Regiments - 257
4. The Cossacks - 260
5. The Counter-Revolutionaries Incite the Front against the Rear - 261
6. The Counter-Revolutionary Offensive - 264
Appendices - 271
List of References - 273
Index of Names - 286
Chronology of Important Events - 290
