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From October to Brest-Litovsk

by Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

26 chapters, about 31,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 100 words
2. THE MIDDLE-CLASS INTELLECTUALS IN THE REVOLUTION 1,800 words
3. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BOLSHEVIKI 800 words
4. THE DRIVE OF JUNE 18TH 1,200 words
5. THE JULY DAYS 1,500 words
6. THE EVENTS FOLLOWING THE JULY DAYS 1,200 words
7. THE CONFLICT WITH THE SOVIETS 1,300 words
8. THE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE 1,100 words
9. INEVITABILITY OF THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER 800 words
10. THE CONFLICT REGARDING THE PETROGRAD GARRISON 1,000 words
11. THE DEMOCRATIC SOVIET AND "PRE-PARLIAMENT" 700 words
12. THE S. R.'S AND MENSHEVIKS 2,700 words
13. THE "PETROGRAD SOVIET DAY" 1,100 words
14. THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION 1,300 words
15. THE DECISIVE DAY 1,400 words
16. THE FIRST DAYS OF THE NEW REGIME 800 words
17. THE CADET UPRISING OF OCTOBER 29TH 600 words
18. KERENSKY'S ADVANCE ON PETROGRAD 1,000 words
19. COLLAPSE OF KERENSKY'S ATTEMPT 1,700 words
20. INTERNAL FRICTION 1,200 words
21. THE FATE OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 900 words
22. THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY AND PROLETARIAN DICTATORSHIP 1,000 words
23. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS 2,000 words
24. ADDRESS OF THE PEOPLES COMMISSAR ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 2,800 words
25. THE SECOND WAR AND THE SIGNING OF PEACE 1,100 words
26. CONCLUSION 400 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Invasion
• Military

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