TROTSKY. Routledge Historical Biographies.

THATCHER, Ian D.

ISBN 10: 0415232511 / ISBN 13: 9780415232517

Published by London: Routledge, 2003

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Paperback. "Routledge Historical Biographies" series. With black-and-white photo illustrations. A very good, clean, bright copy. 240 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TROTSKY. Routledge Historical Biographies.
• Publisher: London: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415232511
• ISBN 13: 9780415232517
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography

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Synopsis

This new biography provides a full account of Leon Trotsky's political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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.

About the Author

Ian D. Thatcher lectures in Modern Russian History at the University of Leicester. His previous publications include Leon Trotsky and World War One(2000) and Regime and Society in Twentieth-Century Russia(1999).