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Paul Le Blanc, "Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution" (Pluto Press, 2023)

New Books in Critical Theory

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Lenin's Revolutionary Vision: Turning World War I into a Civil War

This chapter discusses the atmosphere created by World War I in Russia and the opportunities it presented for revolutionaries like Lenin. It explores Lenin's concept of turning the imperialist war into a civil war, a war between the working class and the capitalists. The chapter also highlights the devastating impact of the war on civilian populations and economies.

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