Lenin's Governance and the Russian Civil War

This chapter provides a detailed analysis of Lenin's governance style post Bolshevik revolution, focusing on the challenges faced with internal enemies and economic struggles, leading to a civil war with the peasant population. It discusses the White forces during the Russian Civil War, their military organization, failed offensives, and the significance of peasant rebellions in shaping the Bolsheviks to adopt a new economic policy, NEP, reshaping Russia's governance.