Beschreibung:
A study of how peasants experienced and helped guide Russia's war, revolution, and civil war.
Introduction; 1. The masses mobilized: militarization, conscription, and war in the village; 2. Peasant citizens: freedom and revolution in the village; 3. Peasant and nation in revolution; 4. Bringing the state back in: land disputes and Soviet power in the village; 5. Civil war and the village; 6. The resurrection of Soviet power in the countryside; 7. Big tent Bolshevism: rule by consent and the construction of the Soviet polity; 8. The citizens' hunger: famine relief efforts and the civil war economy; Conclusion.