From the Introduction by Isaac Deutscher:
”Marcel Liebman has managed to condense in a short space an enormous amount of vital information about almost every aspect of the historical background and of the revolution itself; and he has produced a coherent, vivid, and exciting narrative. He tells his story with the seriousness it deserves, but also forcefully and with admirable verve. He has succeeded indeed in summarizing in an easy and intelligible manner the present state of our historical knowledge in this field.”