The Trotsky Reappraisal by Terence Brotherstone
This is an attempt to combine Soviet and Western views on the life of Lev Davidovich, or Leon Trotsky. Born in 1879 and assassinated by an agent of Stalin in 1940, he was Lenin's closest collaborator in the October Revolution of 1917 and its immediate aftermath. Following the triumph of Stalin in the 1930s, there was a systematic attempt to eliminate Trotsky's name from the history books. Now, with glasnost and a revolution in Soviet historiography, new material has been emerging from the Soviet archives. This book represents an attempt by Soviet scholars and Western academics to rescue Trotsky from non-person status, to re-assess his personality, examine his role in the Revolution and the civil war, and to reconsider the origins of his opposition to Stalinism.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780748603176 |
| ISBN 10 | 0748603174 |
| Title | The Trotsky Reappraisal |
| Author | Terence Brotherstone |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 1992-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |