UID:
almafu_9959241278902883
Format:
1 online resource (252 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-57214-X
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1-283-83759-5
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1-134-57215-8
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1-280-11395-2
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0-203-98709-8
Series Statement:
Routledge historical biographies
Content:
Publisher's description: Leon Trotsky has always aroused strong passions-historians love and hate him in equal measure. This new biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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. This study provides a clear and accessible introduction to Trotsky's life and thought for anyone interested in twentieth-century Russian and World History.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; TROTSKY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF PLATES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHRONOLOGY; Introduction; 1 The young revolutionary, 1879-1907; 2 The fight for unity, 1907-14; 3 War and revolution, 1914-17; 4 Defending the revolution, 1917-21; 5 The revolution in decline, 1921-4; 6 Opposition and defeat, 1925-9; 7 Against Stalinism and fascism, 1929-33; 8 The final exile: the Fourth International and worldevents, 1933-40; Conclusion; NOTES; FURTHER READING; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-23251-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-23250-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203987094
