Books on Bolshevik revolution, Leninism, Stalinism

[Charles Brown]

_The State and Revolution_, _What is to be Done ?_,
_Two Steps Forward, One Step Back_,
_Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder_,
all by V.I. Lenin. _Reminiscences_ by N. Krupskaya.
_Ten Days the Shook the World_ by John Reed

The movie "Reds".

These are affirmative critiques of the episode
to balance Chomsky's negative critique.

Charles Brown


>>> "William S. Lear" <rael at dejanews.com> 07/31 12:36 PM >>>
I've posted this also to pen-l ... sorry for duplications...

I'm a bit naive on these topics and I'd like to read some critical
assessments of them.  Chomsky contends (if I remember correctly) that
the Bolshevik revolution really destroyed the nascent socialism that
existed in the soviets, and I'm curious to know more about this
episode.  Any suggestions would be welcome...

Bill