The Greatest Failure in All History
- Subtitle
- A Critical Examination of the Actual Workings of Bolshevism in Russia
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1. “THE GREATEST FAILURE IN ALL HISTORY”2. NOTE3. PREFACE4. I WHY HAVE THE BOLSHEVIKI RETAINED POWER?5. II THE SOVIETS6. III THE SOVIETS UNDER THE BOLSHEVIKI7. IV THE UNDEMOCRATIC SOVIET STATE8. Chapter XIII THE RIGHT TO VOTE9. Chapter XIV ELECTIONS10. Chapter XV THE CHECKING AND CANCELLATION OF ELECTIONS AND RECALL OF THE DEPUTIES11. Chapter VI THE ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF SOVIETS OF WORKERS’, PEASANTS’, COSSACKS’, AND RED ARMY DEPUTIES12. Chapter VII THE ALL-RUSSIAN CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE13. Chapter VIII THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS14. Chapter IX AFFAIRS IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS AND THE ALL-RUSSIAN CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE15. Chapter X THE CONGRESSES OF THE SOVIETS16. Chapter XI THE SOVIET OF DEPUTIES17. Chapter XII JURISDICTION OF THE LOCAL ORGANS OF THE SOVIETS18. V THE PEASANTS AND THE LAND19. VI THE BOLSHEVIKI AND THE PEASANTS20. VII THE RED TERROR21. VIII INDUSTRY UNDER SOVIET CONTROL22. IX THE NATIONALIZATION OF INDUSTRY—I23. X THE NATIONALIZATION OF INDUSTRY—II24. XI FREEDOM OF PRESS AND ASSEMBLY25. XII “THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT”26. XIII STATE COMMUNISM AND LABOR CONSCRIPTION27. XIV LET THE VERDICT BE RENDERED28. I Decree Regarding Grain Control29. Part I30. Part II31. Part III32. III Instructions on Workers’ Control33. HARPER’S CITIZEN’S SERIES Edited by WILLIAM F. WILLOUGHBY Professor of Government and Jurisprudence at Princeton University