Talleyrand and his world by Pflaum, Rosalynd

Table of Contents: “…A crippled childhood -- An abbé la mode -- The bishop -- The deputy -- The exile -- Foreign affairs minister of the directoire -- A co-conspirator -- Foreign affairs minister of the first consul -- Grand-chamberlain of the emperor -- Vice-grand elector -- A traitor or loyal opposition -- The president of the provisional government -- Ambassadeur extraordinaire -- President of the first ministry of the 2nd restoration -- Grand chamberlain -- Ambassador to England -- M de Talleyrand has died like a man who knows how to live. …”


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Revolutionary days : including passages from My life here and there, 1876-1917 by Cantacuzene, Julia, Princess, 1876-1975

Table of Contents: “…Historical introduction -- Childhood impressions -- My grandfather's illness and death -- In Vienna and my debut at court -- Going home -- Months of travel -- The Russian home -- First social impressions -- The Japanese War -- The 1905 Revolution -- Calm before the storm -- The knell of autocracy -- First days of war and then retreat -- Life in Petrograd -- The "occult" party -- The murder of Rasputin -- The revolution -- The provisional government -- The arrest of the Empress -- Aftermath of the Revolution -- Kiev -- Kerensky and Bolsheviki -- The rise of the Bolsheviki -- Kornilov and Kerensky -- The Bolshevik uprising -- Our escape from Kiev -- The Crimea -- Petrograd under the Bolsheviki -- Last days in Russia.…”


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The Russian Bolshevik Revolution, by Ross, Edward Alsworth, 1866-1951

Table of Contents: “…The revolutionary honeymoon -- The background of the toiling masses -- The provisional government -- The Soviets -- Opposite conceptions of the Revolution -- Agitation -- Political groupings and programs -- The flood of political reforms -- Army order number one -- The cloud no bigger than a man's hand -- Lenin and his slogan -- The May crisis -- The Revolution and labor -- The decomposition of the army -- The July riots -- "German agents" -- Kerensky -- Growing anarchy -- City elections -- The Moscow Conference -- The Kornilov affair -- The deomcratic conference -- The Pre-Parliament and the Council of the Russian Republic -- The Soviet's peace terms and the "fourteen points" -- The November revolution -- The constitutent assembly.…”


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The Blanqui reader : political writings, 1830-1880 by Blanqui, Auguste, 1805-1881

Table of Contents: “…/ Peter Hallward -- First Proclamation -- Declaration of the Provisional Committee for Schools -- Auguste Blanqui's defence speech at the "Trial of the Fifteen" -- Report to the Society of the Friends of the People -- Equality is our flag -- Why there are no more riots -- Social wealth must belong to those who created it -- Democratic propaganda -- Blanqui's notes for his defence at the "Gunpowder Trial" -- Initiation ceremony of the Society of the Seasons -- Speech at the Prado -- For the Red Flag -- Second Petition for the Postponing of Elections -- To the Democratic Clubs of Paris -- Address to the Provisional Government -- The Massacre in Rouen: The Central Republican Society to the Provisional Government -- The Union of True Democrats -- Response to the Request for a Toast for a Workers' Banquet -- To the mountain of 1793! …”


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The Russian Revolution by Moorehead, Alan, 1910-1983

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Russia and the West under Lenin and Stalin by Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005

Table of Contents: “…Conflict of the two worlds --- The provisional government --- Brest-Litovsk --- Unofficial allied agents --- The north Russian intervention --- Collapse in the north --- The Siberian intervention --- The allies in Siberia --- Russia and the peace conference (I) --- Russia and the peace conference (II) --- Germany and the founding of the Comintern --- 1920-the year of transition --- The approach to normal relations --- Western reaction to the Soviet bid --- Rapallo --- Britain, the Soviet target --- Stalin as a statesman --- Stalin and China --- The rise of Hitler --- The struggle against Hitler, and the Purges --- The nonaggression pact --- Before Germany struck --- Russia and the West as allies --- Russia and the war in Asia --- Keeping a world intact.…”


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Journal of the Convention of the people of South Carolina

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Russia in war and revolution, 1914-1922 : a documentary history

Table of Contents: “…Revolution triumphs -- The revolution reaches the provinces -- Praise and criticism of the revolution -- Revolution and the village -- Revolution and religion -- Revolution and the war -- The provisional government in decline -- Soviet power is born -- Soviet power spreads to the provinces -- "Enemies of the people" -- Socialist dreams -- The Bolsheviks go to the village -- Matters of survival -- Building Socialism -- Soviet Russia and the world -- The fate of the constituent assembly -- Worker unrest -- Red terror -- Reds versus Whites and those in between -- Peasants in revolt -- The birth of new nations -- The Kronstadt Rebellion -- The new economic policy and the countryside -- Political consolidation of the Bolshevik Regime -- The new Soviet Society -- Soviet culture : from liberation to subjugation -- The revolution's heirs.…”


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Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865.

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Circular : To the Oregon emigrants ...

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Zone one by Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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Political reconstruction by Loewenstein, Karl, 1891-1973

Table of Contents: “…The Atlantic Charter, Article 3 -- Nonintervention in internal affairs, in historical perspective -- Internal form of government and League of Nations -- Intervention and totalitarian aggression -- Form of government and world peace -- Discourse on the classification of states and governments -- The essence of political democracy -- The area of monarchical restoration -- Typological analysis of monarchy as form of government -- Justification of monarchy -- Preview of coming events: the chances of monarchical restoration -- The techniques of choosing monarchy as a form of government -- Political reconstruction and the written constitution -- The provisional government -- The national assembly -- National assemblies and constitution in the post-war period -- What kind of constitution? …”


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Mastering twentieth century Russian history by Lowe, Norman

Table of Contents: “…The failure of the Provisional Government and the Bolshevik seizure of power, February- October, 1917 -- 5. …”


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Report of Robert H. Jackson : United States Representative to the International Conference on Military Trials, London, 1945.

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Oregon : Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon Territory, relative to their present situation and wants ...

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The Russian expeditions 1917-1920 by House, John M., Curzon, Daniel P. M.

Table of Contents: “…Collapse of the tsarist regime -- Continuing deterioration -- Fall of the provisional government -- Russia divided -- Decision to intervene and Wilson's aide-mémoire -- Operations -- American North Russia expeditionary forces. …”


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Barricades : the war of the streets in revolutionary Paris, 1830-1848 by Harsin, Jill, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Honor Introduction: Montagnardism The End of the Regime: Joseph Henry's Premeditations Part II: Insurrection The Failure of Moderate Republicanism The Societe des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen La Guerre des Rues, I: April 1834 The Republican Underground: The Families and the Seasons La Guerre des Rues, II: May 1839 Part III: Assassination Honor, Shame and the Infernal Machine Alibaud and Regicide Republican Communists: The Travailleurs Egalitaires Part IV: Recrimination Competitors and Mouchards The Years of Mont-Saint-Michel Part V: Defeat Restaging the Revolution: February 1848 Living the Republic: The Provisional Government "Une male et sombre resignation": The June Days Epilogue: La Proscription.…”


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Second Empire and Commune : France, 1848-1871 by Smith, W. H. C. (William Herbert Cecil), 1925-2017

Table of Contents: “…Defeat and downfall. 4. The Provisional Government. The Republican War, September 1870-March 1871. …”


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Hanʼguk sahoejuŭi seryŏk ŭi hyŏngsŏng, 1919-1923

한국사회주의세력의형성, 1919-1923 /

by Yi, Hyŏn-ju, 1961-

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Rasputin's daughter : a novel by Alexander, Robert, 1952-

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