Bolshevism: The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy

A clear‑sighted study of Russia’s revolutionary upheaval, this work maps the birth of Bolshevism and its challenge to both political and industrial democracy. Written for the average American reader, it limits its focus to the Russian experience, laying out the movement’s origins, philosophy, and early policies in straightforward language.

The author approaches the subject as a scholarly inquiry rather than a sensational exposé, sifting rumor from record and warning against the exaggerated stories that have clouded public perception. By tracing the shift from the fall of the czar through the first and second revolutions, the book explains how Bolshevik theory was translated into practice and why a longtime Social Democrat found it antithetical to democratic ideals.

For anyone curious about the forces that shaped the early twentieth‑century world, the narrative offers a balanced, historically grounded perspective that invites listeners to weigh revolutionary ambition against the principles of democratic governance.