{"product_id":"9780679736608","title":"The Russian Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eMr. Pipes writes trenchantly, and at times superbly....No single volume known to me even begins to cater so adequately to those who want to discover what really happened to Russia....Nor do I know any other book better designed to help Soviet citizens to struggle out of the darkness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Ronald Hingley, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGround-breaking in its inclusiveness, enthralling in its narrative of a movement whose purpose, in the words of Leon Trotsky, was \"to overthrow the world,\" The Russian Revolution draws conclusions that have already aroused great controversy in this country-and that are certain to be explosive when the book is published in the Soviet Union. Richard Pipes argues convincingly that the Russian Revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class, uprising; that it was steeped in terror from its very outset; and that it was not a revolution at all but a coup d'etat — \"the capture of governmental power by a small minority.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024735453424,"sku":"9780679736608","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679736608_p0.jpg?v=1763607767","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679736608","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}