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 anyoneinterested in twentieth-century Russian and World History.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARY, 1879-1907; Chapter 2 THE FIGHT FOR UNITY, 1907-14; Chapter 3 WAR AND REVOLUTION, 1914-17; Chapter 4 DEFENDING THE REVOLUTION, 1917-21; Chapter 5 THE REVOLUTION IN DECLINE, 1921-4; Chapter 6 OPPOSITION AND DEFEAT, 1925-9; Chapter 7 AGAINST STALINISM AND FASCISM, 1929-33; Chapter 8 THE FINAL EXILE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; FURTHER READING; Index;
