Trotsky by Geoffrey Swain
Presents a fresh look at Trotsky that provides insights into his personality, life, career and political ideas. This biography also offers a fresh interpretation of Trotsky's career, and focuses on Trotksy's years in power: his pre-Revolutionary life, his role during the 1917 revolution and civil war, and his part in constructing the soviet state.-
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Geoffrey Swain has produced a robust, highly readable and fresh look at Trotsky that provides new insights into his personality, life, career and political ideasTrotsky comes out as a more human and rounded figure than in many other biographies but, at the same time, Swain emphasises his ruthlessness. He gives no comfort to romantics who sentimentalize Trotsky as a more restrained alternative to Stalin.
Professor Christopher Read, University of Warwick
Geoffrey Swain teaches at the Schoolof History at the Universityof West England, Bristol.
As of April 2006 Swain will be Alec Nove Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the Universityof Glasgow
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| ISBN 13 | 9780582771901 |
| ISBN 10 | 0582771900 |
| Title | Trotsky |
| Author | Geoffrey Swain |
| Series | Profiles In Power |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-07-20 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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