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CONTENTS
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8 I Revolutionary Biography and Political Authority 1 Biographies and biographers 2 The youth of the Leader 3 ‘Tribune of the people’ 4 ‘Hero of the revolution’ 5 ‘Champion of freedom’ and the cult of champions of freedom Notes
9 II ‘Revolutionary Minister’ 1 The great conciliator 2 The omnipresent ‘minister of the people’s truth’ 3 ‘Democratic minister’ 4 ‘Minister of revolutionary theatricality’ and ‘poet of the revolution’ 5 ‘Great martyr of the revolution’ 6 Kerensky as Louis Blanc: features of the Bolsheviks’ political propaganda 7 ‘Rebellious slaves’ and the ‘great citizen’ Notes
10 III ‘Leader of the Revolutionary Army’ 1 The iron discipline of duty 2 The visit to Helsingfors 3 The ‘Kerensky Declaration’ 4 ‘Tireless victor’: Kerensky at the front 5 ‘Wanted: a Napoleon’: Kerensky and Bonapartism 6 The Bolshoy Theatre and the birth of the New Man 7 Kerensky and the Socialist Revolutionary Party Notes
11 IV The ‘Kerensky Offensive’ 1 ‘Commender-in-chief’: rhetorical preparations for the offensive 2 ‘Kerensky’ and ‘Lenin’ 3 The June Crisis and the June Offensive 4 A popular ‘brand’ and symbol of the revolution Notes
12 Conclusion Notes
13 Index
14 Ebook plates
Guide
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10 Conclusion
11 Index
12 Ebook plates
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