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Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Karl Radek; the debate between Kautsky and Lenin on Soviet power in Russia; and preparations for the March 1919 founding congress of the Comintern round out this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is part of a series, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/collections\/the-communist-international-in-lenins-time-series\" title=\"Comintern series\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Communist International in Lenin's Time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Click to see the other titles in this series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
The German Revolution and the Debate on Soviet Power
Prologue by V.I. Lenin, photos, maps, notes, chronology, glossary, index.
Appendix: Program of the Russian Communist Party.
Format: Paper
772 Pages
Edition: 1st
Year: 1986
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
ISBN: 9780873489171
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