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The degeneration of the Russian revolution is one of the most tragic and misrepresented periods of the 20th century. Donny Gluckstein traces this complex process – and the gulf that separates the October revolution from Stalinism – through a study of the political thought of leading Bolshevik Nikolai Bukharin. Gluckstein examines Bukharin’s development as a brilliant, if often flawed, revolutionary theorist, the enormous contradictions and pressures he faced and how, tragically, he succumbed to them. Gluckstein argues that, despite his great faults, Bukharin remained until his death inspired by the hope of the victory of socialism. Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. War Economy and Imperialism 2. Left Communism 3. War Communism 4. The Bridge of Philosophy and Culture 5. The Russian Peasantry 7. The Hammer of Trotskyism 8. 'Enrich Yourselves' 9. The Market and Transition to Socialism 10. The Comintern and Disaster: World Bukharinism 11. The NEP in Crisis 12. Was Bukharin the Alternative to Stalin? Notes and References Index Donny Gluckstein. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.