Bakunin & Nechaev

by Paul Avrich

Account of the paradoxical relationship between these two great Russian revolutionaries.

Genres: History, Russia, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

"He was a noted historian and professor who authored many books on anarchist history, including books on the Haymarket Riot, the Modern School Movement, the Russian Revolution and a collection of oral interviews with American anarchists titled Anarchist Voices. Avrich was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize several times and in 1984 he won the Philip Taft Labor History Award."
From Infoshop News obituary http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?...

Reviews

[Benedict Reid]

Very short... took less than a hour to read. But an amazing story, and very relevant for today. How an unbalanced extremist can take over and ruin any political movement.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really short and lacks depth. But on the other hand the subject is quite narrow and should only interest a very small subset of people 150 years after the events, so to treat it at length would been a waste of Avrich's, the author's, time, which he, as a good historian, could put to better use in other areas of study. Not as apologetic for Bakunin as I would have thought going in.
It is ok. But as very short, lacking in deeper analysis and barely interesting subject I can only give it a three star rating. It is very short though and as the other reviewer said it can be read in about an hour.