Trotsky by Ian Thatcher
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provides a full account of Leon Trotsky's political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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.'Thatcher's Trotsky is based on meticulous scholarshipIt 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
VINCENT BARNETT Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham BENNO ENNKER Institut für Osteuropäische Geschichte und Landeskunde, Universität Tübingen, Germany ISRAEL GETZLER Mayrock Center for Russian and East European Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel JOHN GOODING Department of History, University of Edinburgh NEIL HARDING Department of Politics, University of Wales, Swansea ROBERT B. MCKEAN Department of History, University of Stirling ROGER D. MARKWICK Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney, Australia ROSALIND MARSH School of Modern Languages and International Studies, University of Bath ALFRED WAYNE PENN Department of Political Studies, University of Illinois at Springfield, USA JAROSLAW PIEKALKIEWICZ Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA SUSAN E. REID Department of Historical and Critical Studies, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415232517 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415232511 |
| Title | Trotsky |
| Author | Ian Thatcher |
| Series | Routledge Historical Biographies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-12-05 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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