[lbo-talk] Good Books on Lenin and His Policies

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Tue Feb 9 20:25:51 PST 2016


On Feb 9, 2016, at 11:03 PM, Nick Manley wrote:


> Hi all,
>
> I'll state up front that I am already an anarchist skeptic of Lenin and his
> policies. but I also view my knowledge on him/his policies as insufficient
> Could people recommend good truthful objective work that details his life,
> views, and policies as leader of the USSR? I am NOT (caps for emphasis)
> looking for uncritical worship stuff though. I am also not looking for
> unfair attacks or critiques of him either. And I am not trying to start a
> discussion about whether Lenin was a good guy or not. I may do so in the
> future, but I'd like to read more about his policies and views first.=

Start at the end, when everything was becoming clear: "Lenin's Last Struggle" by Moshe Lewin.

Shane Mage

"All things are an equal exchange for fire and fire for all things, as goods are for gold and gold for goods."

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr, 90



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