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Trotsky /
Publisher's description: Leon Trotsky has always aroused strong passions-historians love and hate him in equal measure. This new biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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 n...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Online Zugang: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2002028469-d.html |
| Zusammenfassung: | Publisher's description: Leon Trotsky has always aroused strong passions-historians love and hate him in equal measure. This new biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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 twentieth-century Russian and World History. |
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| Beschreibung: | xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415232503 0415232511 (pbk.) |