The State and Revolution in the Twentieth-Century : Major Social Transformations of Our Time.

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 -- Conventional Theories of the State and Revolution; HEGEL'S THEORY OF THE STATE; CLASSICAL ELITE THEORY ON POLITICS AND THE STATE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 2 -- The Marxist Theory of the State and Revolution; THE CLASS NATURE OF THE STATE; THE STATE AND CLASS STRUGGLE; THE NATURE AND ROLE OF THE CAPITALIST STATE; THE CAPITALIST STATE, CLASS STRUGGLE, AND REVOLUTION; NOTES; 3 -- Twentieth-Century Socialist Revolutions and Their Class Components; THE ORIGINS OF REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION; PERIODIZATION AND IDEOLOGY.

CLASS PARTICIPANTS IN SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONTHE SOCIAL IDENTITY OF THE INTELLECTUALS; RURAL LABOR AND SOCIALIST REVOLUTION; RURAL LABOR AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; THE ROLE OF URBAN WORKERS; THE MYTH OF WORKING-CLASS PRIVILEGE; THE REVOLUTIONARY ALLIANCE; THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY AND THE WORKING CLASS; THE PRIMACY OF POLITICS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 4 -- The Russian Revolution; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIALIST STATE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 5 -- The Chinese Revolution; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; POSTREVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTS; NOTES; 6 -- The Vietnamese Revolution; EARLY RESISTANCE.

NATIONAL RESISTANCE: PEASANTS, WORKERS, RADICAL INTELLIGENTSIATHE VIETNAM DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT; THE GENEVA ACCORDS: DIVISION AND PROBLEMS OF INDEPENDENCE; SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION AND COUNTERREVOLUTION; DIRECT U.S. INTERVENTION; BEYOND THE TONKIN GULF: U.S. ESCALATION OF THE COUNTERREVOLUTION; TOWARD CLOSURE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 7 -- The Cuban and Nicaraguan Revolutions; THE CUBAN REVOLUTION; THE NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

This book provides a comparative-historical analysis of the state and revolution in the twentieth century, focusing on the major socialist revolutions of our time. After examining the competing theories of the state and revolution in classical social theory, the book provides a penetrating analysis of the nature and dynamics of the major socialist revolutions of the past century, including the Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cuban, and Nicaraguan revolutions, each examined in great detail.

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