Le Blanc, Paul,  1947- <br/><br/>
Lenin and the Revolutionary Party / 
Paul Le Blanc ; introduction by Ernest Mandel. 
 - Haymarket Books edition. 
 - Chicago, Illinois :  Haymarket Books,  2015. 
 - xxx, 381 p. ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> "Published 1993 by Humanity Books in New York"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-368) and index. 
<br/><br/>Note to the Haymarket Books edition -- 1. Introduction: Authentic Leninism -- What Leninism is not -- A living organism and phases of development -- 2. The context of Lenin's early organizational perspectives -- Dimensions of Lenin's activity -- Lenin's programmatic orientation -- Ferment in the Russian working class -- 3. Revolutionary program, cohesive organization -- Organizational implications of revolutionary program -- Adapting to Russian conditions -- 4. The birth of Leninism -- What is to be done? -- The stormy beginning of Bolshevism -- 5. Questions and problems -- Luxemburg and Lenin -- Revolutionary committees distinct from the workers -- Was the Bolshevik/Menshevik split "unprincipled"? -- 6. The test of revolution -- The revolutionary program -- Revolution without Bolsheviks? -- The party broadens -- 7. The meaning of democratic centralism -- Democratic centralism in the RSDLP -- Democratic centralism in the bolshevik party -- Lenin's "iron grip" -- 8. Preparing for revolution -- Overcoming ultraleftism -- Philosophy and revolutionary program -- The Bolsheviks become a party -- 9. The almost-revolution -- Worker-Bolsheviks -- The upsurge -- 10. Party and war -- Revolutionary internationalism -- The actuality of world revolution -- How the party functioned -- 11. Party and revolution -- Overthrowing Tsarism but not taking power -- Reorientation -- Diversity and discipline -- Party and masses in the workers' revolution -- 12. After taking power -- State, revolution, and socialist democracy -- Crisis of Bolshevism -- Communist International -- A note on Lenin's authority -- Bureaucratization after Lenin -- The fate of the Comintern -- 13. Conclusion -- Reflections on the Leninist Party -- Problems of Leninism. 
<br/><br/> "This study of Lenin's conception of the revolutionary party, and its place in Marxist thought, gives a vibrant sense of the historical context--both Russian and international--in which Lenin's views were shaped and upon which they had such a profound impact"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781608464647 (alkaline paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015038435 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 --Political and social views.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--History.<br/>Rossiĭskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡ial-demokraticheskai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partii︠a︡--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Socialism--History.--Russia<br/>Philosophy, Marxist--History.<br/>Revolutions--Philosophy--History.<br/>Comunismo--Rusia.<br/>Partidos comunistas--Rusia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Russia--Politics and government--1894-1917.<br/>Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>338 DK 254  / L445l 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>324.247075