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The October Revolution and its Legacy

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From: Myths of Modern History

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This chapter deconstructs major myths surrounding the 1917 Russian Revolution and especially its second phase, "Red October" and considers the positive impacts of this event on world history. It debunks the concept that this revolution was the handiwork of a clique of revolutionary zealots (Lenin and the Bolsheviks) and that this event was a senseless, criminal bloodbath. Finally, it explores the significance and positive impacts of this event on Russia, Europe, and the entire world. It is thanks to the October Revolution, he says, that the common people of Western countries could benefit from an unprecedentedly high level of democracy and prosperity after 1945.

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Jacques R. Pauwels

Jacques R. Pauwels has taught European history at a number of universities in Ontario, including York, Waterloo and Guelph. He is the author of The Great Class War 1914–1918, Big Business and Hitler and The Myth of the Good War, revisionist histories of the rise of fascism and the World Wars. His books are read around the world and have been published in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Russian, Turkish and Korean. An independent scholar, Pauwels holds PhDs in history (York) as well as political science (U of T). He lives in Brantford, Ontario.