Sailors in revolt: The Russian Baltic fleet in 1917 by Saul, Norman E - 1978-01-01

Regents Press of Kansas, 1978-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Missing. Signed by Author. University Press of Kansas [Published date: 1978]. Hard cover, 312 pp. Inscribed (personalized) and signed by Author on title page. Previous owner's address on title pages as well. Good+/ NO dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping to edges and light to moderate overall scuffing, fading and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Includes an Errata Sheet laid-in. Black and white illustrations and photo reproductions. Most Soviet and Western historians agree that the Soviet government managed to maintain control immediately after the Bolshevik seizure of power with the support of revolutionary-minded sailors from the Baltic Fleet. In Sailors in Revolt, Saul examines why the sailors of the Baltic Fleet constituted one of the most radical segments of the Russian Population in 1917. He explores the relationship between the war and the Revolution, the nature of organizations and leadership at various levels within the fleet, and the influence of party programs on rank-and-file sailors. One of Saul's major premises is that the Revolution was neither as spontaneous nor as inevitable as the extreme examples of previous treatments have asserted. Contents include: List of Illustrations; Preface; The Baltic Fleet before 1914; The Fleet Goes to War; The Fleet Revolts; The Revolution Organizes; The July Crisis in the Fleet; From the Kornilov Affair to the Battle of Moon Sound; The Baltic Fleet in the October Revolution; The Baltic Fleet and Soviet Power; The Sailors and the Revolution; Notes; Bibliography; Index.