Lenin's Final Fight

In 1922 and 1923, V.I. Lenin, central leader of the world’s first socialist revolution, waged what was to be his last political battle. At stake was whether that revolution, and the international movement it led, would remain on the proletarian course that had brought workers and peasants to power in October 1917.Indispensable to understanding how the privileged caste led by Stalin arose and the consequences for the class struggle in the 20th and 21st centuries.To read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS & PROMO tab on this page. “Supports the argument against the thesis that Stalinism was the direct projection of Leninism.” ―Robert V. Daniels, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont “These are the writings that the mortally ill leader of the revolution and the state wrote while he had already been placed under political quarantine.” ―Osteuropa “For comprehensive subject collections.” ―Library Journal “Some of the issues he addressed were: how to forge a union of workers and