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Trotsky : Routledge Historical Biographies - Ian D. Thatcher

Trotsky

By: Ian D. Thatcher

Paperback | 5 December 2002 | Edition Number 1

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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biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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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'Thatcher's Trotsky is based on meticulous scholarship. It contains a lucid and compelling exposition of highly complex ideas, and is original in its own right Thatcher can be congratulated for producing a first-class contribution to our knowledge of Trotsky.' - Robert B. McKean, Head of History at Stirling University

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