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1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Routledge historical biographies
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Routledge historical biographies.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-234) and index. |
| 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biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940.
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Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940. |
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Trot͡skiĭ, L. (Lev), 1879-1940. |
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Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Revolutionaries. |
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Soviet Union. |
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Statesmen -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Statesmen. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thatcher, Ian D. Trotsky. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415232503 0415232511 (DLC) 2002028469 (OCoLC)50129388 |
| ISBN |
0203987098 (electronic book) |
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9780203987094 (electronic book) |
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0415232511 (Paper) |
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0415232503 (alkaline paper) |
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