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Trotsky

By Ian D. Thatcher

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
0415232503, 9780415232500, 9780203987094
Open Library ID
OL22135506M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1186511 bytes)
Series
Routledge Historical Biographies
Edition
1
Pages
288\261
Topic
Geography Russia
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

This new biography provides a full account of Leon Trotsky's political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material. Ian D. Thatcher paints a new picture of Trotsky's standing in Russian and world history. Key myths about Trotsky's heroic work as a revolutionary, especially in Russia's first revolution of 1905 and the Russian Civil War, are thrown into question. Although Trotsky had a limited understanding of crucial contemporary events such as Hitler's rise to power, he was an important thinker and politician, not least as a trenchant critic of Stalin's version of communism.

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