Lenin wrote this book in 1917, while he was hiding from the Russian secret police.
All through this work Lenin cites and examines Marx and Engle\'s writings, to explain and support his own point of view.
This work by Lenin is important to communist thinking and the Marxist concept of the State which is clearly and consisely expressed in this book.
He did this because there was lettle awareness or thought between the State and Revolution during the period of the Second International (1889-1914).
Lenin wrote this book in 1917, while he was hiding from the Russian secret police