This book is a collection of essays and excerpts from books by authors who have experienced or studied the Russian Revolution, its antecedents and aftermath.  Among the writers are George Keenan, Leon Trotsky and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.  They are organized into three sections, “The March Revolution”, “From March To October” and “The Bolshevik Victory.”

The advantage of this work is that it presents a variety of views, both favorable and not and brings out details that are unlikely to be revealed in more general histories written by a single author.  Much of this book’s contents focus on economic and political developments that led to and flowed from the Revolution.  Russia was the scene of the first great and most violent revolution to flow from and cannot be decoupled from the World War I.  War History Network members are likely to be most interested in the essays dealing with the disruption to Russian society caused by the Great War and the role of the dissatisfaction in the Russian Army and Navy resulting from the War. recommend that readers approach this tome after acquiring a general familiarity with the tale of the Revolution from others.