Trotsky in New York, 1917 by Kenneth D Ackerman

Trotsky in New York, 1917 by Kenneth D Ackerman

Lev Davidovich Trotsky burst onto the world stage in November 1917 as co-leader of a Marxist Revolution seizing power in Russia. It made him one of the most recognized personalities of the Twentieth Century, a global icon of radical change. Yet just months earlier, this same Lev Trotsky was a nobody, a refugee expelled from Europe, writing obscure pamphlets and speeches, barely noticed outside a small circle of fellow travelers. Where had he come from to topple Russia and change the world? Where else? New York City.

Between January and March 1917, Trotsky found refuge in the United States. America had kept itself out of the European Great War, leaving New York the freest city on earth. During his time there-just over ten weeks-Trotsky immersed himself in the local scene. He settled his family in the Bronx, edited a radical left wing tabloid in Greenwich Village, sampled the lifestyle, and plunged headlong into local politics. His clashes with leading New York socialists over the question of US entry into World War I would reshape the American left for the next fifty years.

Kenneth D.Ackerman has made ancient New York a favorite subject of his writing, which includes the critically praised biography BOSS TWEED: The Corrupt Pol Who Invented the Soul of Modern New York. For his first big new work in nine years, he returns to New York in a different era, the exhilarating eve of America's entry into World War I. Ackerman has a long legal career in Washington, D.C., in addition to his writing. both inside and outside of government, including serving as legal counsel to two U.S. senators. Senate committees, regulatory positions in both the Reagan and Clinton administrations, and administrator of the USDA's Risk Management Agency In Washington, he continues to practice private law.

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ISBN 13	9781640090033
ISBN 10	1640090037
Title	Trotsky in New York, 1917
Author	Kenneth D Ackerman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Counterpoint
Year published	2017-08-15
Number of pages	400
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