Lenin: Totalitarian or Pragmatist?

Abstract: An 11 page discussion of Vladimir Lenin's role in the years following the Russian Revolution of 1917. Debates whether he was strictly a totalitarian or a pragmatist. Presents the views of numerous authors and concludes that while many of Lenin's philosophies and actions were totalitarian he was a pragmatist to the fullest definition of the word. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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Catagory: World Affairs

Subcatagory: Global & Comparative Politics

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