An exam-focused study of the three main issues about Lenin, designed specifically for today's AS and A Level students.

This title covers:

• Why historians differ - an introduction to interpretations and historiography
• A brief biography, including a timeline and an 'Understanding Lenin' box
• Issue 1: Did he help or hinder Russian Socialism?
• Issue 2: Bolshevik Revolution: coup or mass uprising?
• Issue 3: Liberator or dictator?
• Lenin: an assessment
• Further reading