Download or read book Rethinking the Russian Revolution written by Edward Acton and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1990 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For its admirers, the Russian Revolution is a milestone in human progress; for its critics, it is a catastrophe of monstrous proportions. Edward Acton's stimulating study combines an introduction to the momentous events of 1917 with an analysis of this controversy.