Imperialism and War: Classic Writings by V.I. Lenin and Nikolai Bukharin

V. I. Lenin · Nikolai Bukharin

Oct 2017 · Haymarket Books

About this ebook

Here, with critical notes and context, are V.I. Lenin’s Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism and Nikolai Bukharin’s Imperialism and World Economy. They are both essential for understanding the nature of imperialism and war historically—and today.

V.I. Lenin (1870–1924) was a leader of the Russian Revolution and wrote extensively on the issues facing the working-class movement of his time.

Nikolai Bukharin (1888–1938) was a Bolshevik leader and intellectual, and later a Soviet politician until his execution at the hands of Stalin’s government.

Phil Gasper is a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame de Namur University in California. He writes extensively on politics and the philosophy of science and is a frequent contributor to CounterPunch. He is the author of Haymarket Books’ The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History’s Most Important Political Document.

About the author

Phil Gasper is the editor of The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document (Haymarket, 2005) and is on the editorial board of the International Socialist Review. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Notre Dame de Namur University in California and currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin.