Russia's Agony

357 pages. Index. Twenty-one black and white illustrations including a tissue-protected black and white frontis portrait of author. Seven maps. Updated version of the first edition first published in 1918. "In the following pages I speak of Russian affairs with the experience of an observer who has lived from early boyhood among the Russian people and has shared with them their joys and sorrows. Since her collapse, Russia has become the focus of social unrest throughout the world. Bolshevism - a foe more deadly to our civilization than German Militarism - cannot be effectively combated unless we understand the circumstances of its origin and working, indissolubly connected with the so-called Russian Revolution - a Revolution that has still to justify its name. The questions that have been put to me so often will rise to the readers' lips - What is Bolshevism and Why did the Russians succumb to its influence?. This book answers these questions in full." - from Preface. Text divided into the following sections: Slavdom, The Tatars, and Autocracy; Democracy, 'Socialism,' and 'Freedom'; Russia at War; Kornilov and the Cossacks. Prior owner's details, dated 1919, upon front free endpaper. Small hole in cloth near top of joint between backstrip and front board. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book

Edizione: updated edition