| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge historical biographies |
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Routledge historical biographies.
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| 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biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-234) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940
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| SUBJECT |
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940 fast |
| Subject |
Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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Statesmen -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Revolutionaries
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Statesmen
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002028469 |
| ISBN |
0203987098 |
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9780203987094 |
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9780415232500 |
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0415232503 |
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9780415232517 |
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0415232511 |
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9786610113958 |
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6610113955 |
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9781134572151 |
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1134572158 |
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9781134572106 |
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1134572107 |
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9781134572144 |
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113457214X |
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1283837595 |
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9781283837590 |
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1280113952 |
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9781280113956 |
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