Book Review – A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 – 1924
4/5 A very comprehensive telling of the Russian Revolution. While I may not always agree with Figes, I do respect his style. A self inflicted tragedy is perhaps the most[…]
4/5 A very comprehensive telling of the Russian Revolution. While I may not always agree with Figes, I do respect his style. A self inflicted tragedy is perhaps the most[…]
2/5 Long winded and disjointed. I liked the beginning but was sorely disappointed by the back half. There’s something to what Moyn is getting at about humane rules of war[…]
3/5 A rather disjointed book attempting to grapple with a disjointed time period, the book is not without its own charm. Sometimes a political history, often a cultural history the[…]