Truth Behind Bars : Reflections on the Fate of the Russian Revolution / Paul Kellogg

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Paul Kellogg uses the story of Vorkuta, a notorious camp in the Gulag internment system, as a frame with which to re-assess the Russian Revolution. In particular, he turns to the contributions of Iulii Martov, a contemporary of Lenin, and his analysis of the central role played in the revolution by a temporary class of peasants-in-uniform. Kellogg explores the persistence and creativity of workers' resistance in even the darkest hours of authoritarian repression and offers new perspectives on the failure of democratic governance after the Russian Revolution.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface: On Forgetting to Read Solzhenitsyn -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Translations and Transliterations -- Introduction: Hope and Horror -- Part 1. Vorkuta: Anvil of the Working Class -- 1. One Long Night, 1936-38 -- 2. Striking Against the Gulag, 1947-53 -- 3. The Vengeance of History, 1989-91 -- Part 2. Self-Emancipation Versus Substitutionism -- 4. The Peasant-in-Uniform -- 5. The Agrarian Question -- 6. Poland and Georgia-The Export of Revolution -- 7. Germany and Hungary-The United Front -- Part 3. The Rear-View Mirror -- 8. Trotsky on Stalinism: The Surplus and the Machine -- 9. A Movement's Dirty Linen -- 10. Lenin-Beyond Reverence -- 11. Intellectuals and the Working Class -- Conclusion: Ends and Means -- Notes -- Preface: On Forgetting to Read Solzhenitsyn -- Introduction: Hope and Horror -- Chapter 1: One Long Night, 1936-38 -- Chapter 2: Striking Against the Gulag, 1947-53 -- Chapter 3: The Vengeance of History, 1989-91 -- Chapter 4: The Peasant-in-Uniform -- Chapter 5: The Agrarian Question -- Chapter 6: Poland and Georgia-The Export of Revolution -- Chapter 7: Germany and Hungary-The United Front -- Chapter 8: Trotsky on Stalinism-The Surplus and the Machine -- Chapter 9: A Movement's Dirty Linen -- Chapter 10: Lenin-Beyond Reverence -- Chapter 11: Intellectuals and the Working Class -- Conclusion: Ends and Means -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.