- Title : Entangled in Terror: The Azef Affair and the Russian Revolution
- Author : Anna Geifman
- Rating : 4.90 (157 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-1-15
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 239 Pages
- Asin : 0842026517
- Language : English
A thorough investigation based on all available documentary resources-available for the first time due to the Soviet government's demise-Entangled in Terror: The Azef Affair and the Russian Revolution sorts out the facts of the case from rumors and legends. More than 17,000 people were killed or wounde
A thorough investigation based on all available documentary resources-available for the first time due to the Soviet government's demise-Entangled in Terror: The Azef Affair and the Russian Revolution sorts out the facts of the case from rumors and legends. More than 17,000 people were killed or wounded throughout the empire between 1905 and 1910 as a result of political assassination attempts alone. party and its Combat Organization, the course of Azef's career, his role within the party, and the extent and frequency of his contacts with the secret police. His story is inseparable from the history of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary party (P.S.R.) and the terrorism that plagued the tsarist regime in the first decade of the twentieth century. In the winter of 1909, a political bombshell exploded in tsarist Russia. Entangled in Terror explores the background and history of the radical S.R. Scandal swept not only the empire but the entire world with the exposure of the secret life of one man. Enter Evno Azef, a man who, before being reviled by Socialist-Revolutionary party leaders as a traitorous double agent, would spend fifteen yeAnna Geifman is associate professor of history at Boston University.
As one of the premier historians of Russian terrorism, Geifman also explores the psychological realm of Azef's treachery, providing important insights into his motivations and career. It strives, on the basis of newly opened archival materials, to reevaluate the personality and career of tsarist Russia's notorious master 'spy.' Azef, who worked for the security police while heading the revolutionary terrorist organization, is here depicted, for the first time, as a complex person, less duplicitous than usually thought of but no less critical in discrediting the wave of terror that swept Russia in the early years of this century. Geifman's research is impeccable and her argument convincing. (Pipes, Richard) . (Norman M. Naimark)A revisionist work in the best sense of the word. Azef was neither a double agentThe other reviewers who criticized this book for being nothing more than a set of graphic organizers should have read the description. The words flow smoothly and the book was descriptive and I enjoyed the pictures. This book starts from the basics of writing proofs (logic, basic proof methods such as proof by contradiction) and proceeds through the foundations of mathematics (set theory, natural numbers, integers). I was disappointed that I got up 5 AM to take a long bus ride to get a shape/trim; but there was no convincing her about my hair journey from two inch to the six inch plus hair growth. With this work, Ross proudly joins the ranks of folks like Frazetta, Wyeth(!) and maybe even Fredric Remington in his sense of drama, framing and colorful rendering.Waid's script is full of all the wonderfully geeky self important and self conscious hyperbole and ploting that makes illustrated novels so fun to read. I'm a Mom who has fallen in love with the Warrior series. It's obvious that the author was a most attentive teacher. In essence, their challenges were my opportunities. All three available here on Amazon!. McMurdo Station, Antarctica is home to freezing temperatures, months of nearly total darkness and regular near-hurricane force winds. If you liked the movie you will definitely like this book. A musician won't do more than thumb past such pages.A key value of this book is instruction, well
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