Trotsky

ISBN-13: 9780415232500 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 264 str.

Dr Ian D. Thatcher

Opis

Leon Trotsky has aroused strong passions, and historians love and hate him in equal measure. This biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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 20th-century Russian and world history.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARY, 1879–1907; Chapter 2 THE FIGHT FOR UNITY, 1907–14; Chapter 3 WAR AND REVOLUTION, 1914–17; Chapter 4 DEFENDING THE REVOLUTION, 1917–21; Chapter 5 THE REVOLUTION IN DECLINE, 1921–4; Chapter 6 OPPOSITION AND DEFEAT, 1925–9; Chapter 7 AGAINST STALINISM AND FASCISM, 1929–33; Chapter 8 THE FINAL EXILE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; FURTHER READING; Index;

O autorze

Ian D. Thatcher lectures in Modern Russian History at the University of Leicester. His previous publications include Leon Trotsky and World War One(2000) and Regime and Society in Twentieth-Century Russia(1999).