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Excerpt from Russia s Agony To my readers In the following pages I speak of Russian affairs with the experience of an observer who has lived from early boyhood among the Russian people and has shared with them their joys and sorrows Russia s Agony was written in compliance with a personal call and with the discharge of a public duty it combines a human document with a historical treatise Men events and conditions have I believe been dealt with in a spirit of fairness for although the original edition of this book was begun and completed a year ago the storm and stress of later developments call for no substantial changes That a
Excerpt from Russia s Agony To my readers In the following pages I speak of Russian affairs with the experience of an observer who has lived from early boyhood among the Russian people and has shared with them their joys and sorrows Russia s Agony was written in compliance with a personal call and with the discharge of a public duty it combines a human document with a historical treatise Men events and conditions have I believe been dealt with in a spirit of fairness for although the original edition of this book was begun and completed a year ago the storm and stress of later developments call for no substantial changes That a comprehensive account of Russia from the inside was in demand has been shown by the rapid exhaustion of several impressions of this work and indicated by the publication of an American edition Serious study of Russian affairs is more than ever important and even necessary for every thinking man and woman not only because of the ignorance that prevails on the subject a great handicap to us in the War but because of the great social drama that has been staged in that country Since her collapse Russia has become the focus of social unrest throughout the world Bolshevism a foe more deadly to our civilization than German Militarism cannot be effectively combated unless we understand the circumstances of its origin and working indissolubly connected with the so called Russian Revolution a Revolution that has still to justify its name About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at www forgottenbooks com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses state of the art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do how
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Manufacturer: Forgotten Books
Release date: 4 June 2015
ISBN-10 : 1330460677 |
ISBN-13: 9781330460672
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