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Book Release and Media Attention
- Mike Duncan announces the release of his new book, "Hero of Two Worlds," on August 24th.
- He mentions several media pieces featuring him and the book, including articles in The New Yorker and The New Republic, and a CBS This Morning segment.
Dual Power Dynamic
- The February Revolution resulted in dual power: the Provisional Government and the Soviet.
- The Soviet supported the Provisional Government conditionally, believing a bourgeois democratic phase was necessary before socialism.
Lenin's View on WWI
- Lenin, living in exile during World War I, was surprised by European socialist leaders' support for the war.
- He saw this as an opportunity to cleanse the movement of opportunists who abandoned internationalist principles.