The Kronstadt Rebellion: With Map of Kronstadt and a Facsimile Page of The Kronstadt Izvestia (1922)

Berkman, Alexander

Verlag: Der Syndikalist, Berlin, Germany, 1922

Beschreibung

Please note: text is in English. Offered is a first edition, first printing of "The Kronstadt Rebellion: With Map of Kronstadt and a Facsimile Page of The Kronstadt Izvestia" ("Russian Revolution Series No. 3") written by Alexander Berkman and published in 1922 by Der Syndikalist out of Berlin, Germany. A stapled softcover measuring 6-1/4" by 9" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Written in seven sections, as follows: I. Labor Disturbances in Petrograd; II. The Kronstadt Movement; III. Bolshevik Campaign Against Kronstadt; IV. The Aims of Kronstadt; V. Bolshevik Ultimatum to Kronstadt; VI. The First Shot; and VII. The Defeat of Kronstadt. With a four-page "Author's Afterword: Lessons and Significance of Kronstadt" which begins, "The Kronstadt movement was spontaneous, unprepared, and peaceful. That it became an armed conflict, ending in a bloody tragedy, was entirely due to the Tartar despotism of the Communist dictatorship. Though realising the general character of the Bolsheviki, Kronstadt still had faith in the possibility of an amicable solution. It believed the Communist Government amenable to reason; it credited it with some sense of justice and liberty. The Kronstadt experience proves once more that government, the State - whatever its name or form - is ever the mortal enemy of liberty and popular self-determination. The State has no soul, no principles. It has but one aim - to secure power and to hold it, at any cost. That is the political lesson of Kronstadt." Previously, but gently folded; pages age-yellowed due to paper stock used; small "10" written to upper right corner of front cover; staples age-rusted; short closed tear to upper narrow outer spine fold; light edge and corner wear to covers. Overall a very sound copy of a scarce title. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 015230

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Kronstadt Rebellion: With Map of ...

Verlag: Der Syndikalist, Berlin, Germany

Erscheinungsdatum: 1922

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition