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Trotsky / Ian D. Thatcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thatcher, Ian D.
- Series:
- Routledge historical biographies.
- Routledge historical biographies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940.
- Trotsky, Leon.
- Revolutionaries--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Revolutionaries.
- Statesmen--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-234) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-57214-X
- 1-283-83759-5
- 1-134-57215-8
- 1-280-11395-2
- 0-203-98709-8
- 9780203987094
- OCLC:
- 475960881
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