The Baku commune 1917-1918; class and nationality in the Russian revolution
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1972. xxv, 412p., first edition, cloth boards in dust jacket; faint hint of foxing on top-edge of text block, dj price-clipped, else in very good condition.
"Shaumian had second thoughts on the matter and informed MacDonell that, in the event of his accepting British aid, the entire force must be placed under the control of the Military-Revolutionary Committee, which would have full powers to establish courts martial and to pay and to dismiss officers. At the same time Dzhaparidze was arguing that British aid should be accepted unconditionally, and the two Bolsheviks discussed the morality of 'selling the revolution to a band of bourgeois capitalists'.." p289.
Cat.No: 77081
ISBN: 0691051933
Price: $45.00