HIST 110B Midterm: Cold War
Document Summary
Was a result of the first world war. Became communistic, and once it communistic -> make peace with germany. Published communist manifesto; relatively short (about 50 pages) Take on world history and what was happening during his own time period (rapid. Came to conclusion that few and few people owned more and more stuff. If trend continued, only a few people would own everything. Revolution will take once the people reach that point (people who own nothing would rise up to overthrow the 1% who own everything to take all their stuff) Would be the end of history, workers paradise would be established. No more owners, instead everyone would share equally in all of the wealth of the. Vladimir lenin was the leader of this party world. Believed in karl marx"s ideology but did not want to wait for the process to play out naturally. Argued: group of professional revolutionaries (i. e. bolsheviks) could seize power in russia.
