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provides a full account of Leon Trotsky's political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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.
Author(s): Ian D. Thatcher
Series: Routledge Historical Biographies
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 288
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
Introduction......Page 14
1 The young revolutionary, 1879–1907......Page 35
2 The fight for unity, 1907–14......Page 61
3 War and revolution, 1914–17......Page 83
4 Defending the revolution, 1917–21......Page 106
5 The revolution in decline, 1921–4......Page 138
6 Opposition and defeat, 1925–9......Page 162
7 Against Stalinism and fascism, 1929–33......Page 186
8 The final exile......Page 209
Conclusion......Page 232
Conclusion......Page 239
Further reading......Page 256
Index......Page 257
