This is a very interesting book, albeit at times difficult to read (make sure you keep track of names and allegiances from the beginning). It provides a unique perspective on one of the most important events of the 20th century, the Russian revolution. Note that this particular edition does not include any illustrations.

Uncanny how a revolution that transpired so long ago and subsequently failed could be a growing political scheme in the United States today. The line about the peasant soldier arguing with the crowd and repeatedly saying in his defense " there are only two classes, the proletariat and the bourgeois " smacks of today's Progressives saying their are only two classes " the rich and the poor". For those Progressives who vituperate the success of the rich are full of their own ordure. To think a political scenario that gives the illiterate masses the power is preferential to capitalism is pure odium. Lenin lies in his cold grave with his rotting hands wrapped around a gewgaw. Long live Capitalism. And that's not just gasconading.