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Trotsky [electronic resource] / Ian D. Thatcher.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge historical biographiesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.Description: xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0203987098 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 947.084/092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • DK254.T6 T5 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Young revolutionary, 1879-1907 -- Fight for unity, 1907-14 -- War and revolution, 1914-17 -- Defending the revolution, 1917-21 -- Revolution in decline, 1921-4 -- Opposition and defeat, 1925-9 -- Against Stalinism and fascism, 1929-33 -- Final exile : the Fourth International and world events, 1933-40 -- Conclusion.
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biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-234) and index.

Introduction -- Young revolutionary, 1879-1907 -- Fight for unity, 1907-14 -- War and revolution, 1914-17 -- Defending the revolution, 1917-21 -- Revolution in decline, 1921-4 -- Opposition and defeat, 1925-9 -- Against Stalinism and fascism, 1929-33 -- Final exile : the Fourth International and world events, 1933-40 -- Conclusion.

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biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.

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