Answer the following two-part question on Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto (be sure to answer BOTH sections):
(1) Consider the historical details of the Russian Revolution, Lenin’s leadership, and the Russian Civil War in Gellately’s Lenin, Stalin, Hitler (pgs. 21-77).
Discuss one or two ways in which Lenin and the Bolsheviks followed the revolutionary guidelines set out in Marx and Engel’s Communist Manifesto.
Discuss one or two ways in which Lenin and the Bolsheviks did not follow the Communist Manifesto. (350 words maximum)
(2) Compare and contrast the account of communism in Marx and Engel’s Communist Manifesto with the account of National Socialism in Hitler’s Mein Kampf. What are one or two major differences? What are one or two major things they have in common? (350 words maximum)
Organize your paper according to the section breakdown above and in the order listed. Keep each section distinct and approximately the same length (around 250-350 words for each section). You do not need a general thesis for this essay; just complete the comparisons in each section as instructed above.
Each section is worth an equal amount (5% each section – see rubric below).
For this essay, you are required to refer to the following three texts, which are available as PDFs on the course website in “Course Readings”:
Gellately, R. (2007). Lenin, Stalin, Hitler: The age of social catastrophe. New York: Alfred A Knopf.
Hitler, A. Mein Kampf. In Somerville, J. and Santoni, R. (Eds). (1963). Social and political philosophy. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor
Marx, K. and Engels, F. Manifesto of the Communist Party. In R. Tucker (Ed.). (1978). The Marx-Engels reader. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
You are required to cite, and encouraged to strategically quote, the above texts. Please use the APA method for citations. Here are examples of in-text citations using the APA:
Marx and Engels (1978) write: “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles” (p. 473).
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles” (Marx & Engels,1978, p. 473).
According to Gellately (2007, p. 59), Lenin supported the idea of permanent camps in the north to imprison enemies of the new Soviet state.
Lenin supported the idea of permanent camps in the north to imprison enemies of the new Soviet state. (Gellately, 2007, p. 59).
At the end of your paper, provide a list of all of your works cited. HINT: Just cut and paste the text citations above into your Works Cited list, and makes sure they appear in alphabetical order based on authors’ last names. Do not cite any sources other than the three listed above.
