Pt. 5

1917-23 covers the period up to Lenin's first withdrawal from the political scene in the Spring of 1923. Writing in The Spectator, Max Beloff said: 'This is by itself far and away the most important book on a Soviet theme that has yet appeared in the English language.'

v. 2

In Volume III, Russia’s geographical position as both a European and an Asian power and her twin aims of promoting world revolution and establishing normal relations with capitalist governments led to severe stresses in Soviet foreign policy. This volume analyzes these strains and their domestic and international ramifications.