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Leon Trotsky

During the first two months of 1917 Russia was still a Romanov monarchy. Eight months later the Bolsheviks stood at the helm. They were little known to anybody when the year began, and their leaders were still under indictment for state treason when they came to power. You will not find another such sharp turn in history especially if you remember that it involves a nation of 150 million people. It is clear that the events of 1917, whatever you think of them, deserve study.”--Leon ...

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Leon Trotsky

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Rose Strunsky

Literature and Revolution, written by the founder and commander of the Red Army, Leon Trotsky, in 1924 and first published in 1925, represents a compilation of essays that Trotsky drafted during the summers of 1922 and 1923.This book is a classic work of literary criticism from the Marxist standpoint. By discussing the various literary trends that were around in Russia between the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, Trotsky analyses the concrete forces in society, both progressive as well...

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Leon Trotsky

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Jonathan Booth

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most cataclysmic events in world history, profoundly shaping politics, international relations, social patterns, economics and science in the century that followed. It created long-lasting aftershocks which travelled far beyond its geographical borders. How did it happen? What were the sequence of events that led, following the shocking upheaval of the old Romanov order, to a fierce and violent rivalry between a variety of revolutionary faction...

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Leon Trotsky

''The Revolution Betrayed'' explores the fate of the Russian Revolution after Lenin's death. Written in 1936 and published the following year, this brilliant and profound evaluation of Stalinism from the Marxist standpoint prophesied the collapse of the Soviet Union and subsequent related events. The effects of the October Revolution led to the establishment of a nationalized planned economy, demonstrating the practicality of socialism for the first time. By the 1930s, however, the Soviet ...

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Leon Trotsky

Key themes and aspects covered in "Our Revolution" include:Early Life and Political Awakening: Trotsky begins by describing his upbringing, early education, and his political awakening. He was a prominent figure in the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party and one of the key leaders of the Bolshevik faction.Role in the Russian Revolution: The book provides an insider's perspective on the events leading up to the 1917 October Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power. Trotsky discusse...

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Leon Trotsky

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Jonathan Booth

It is June 1936. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) has finally been granted a visa for asylum in Norway, having been banned first from living in Paris, and then the whole of France. With him comes the draft of The Revolution Betrayed: What Is the Soviet Union and Where Is It Going?, which is completed and sent to the publishers on the 4th of August. The book, published by Faber in 1937, is considered to be Trotsky’s major work on Stalinism. Trotsky’s passion for the spirit of the Revolution he co-f...

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Leon Trotsky, Leon Trotsky

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Mark Bowen

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was one of the leaders of the Russian October Revolution, second only to Vladimir Lenin. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army and People's Commissar of War. He was also among the first members of the Politburo.Why fascism was able to conquer only in those countries where social democrat...

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Trotsky, Leon

"My Life" is an autobiography written by Leon Trotsky, a prominent figure in the Russian Revolution and a key leader of the Bolshevik Party. In this compelling memoir, Trotsky chronicles his remarkable journey from his early years as a Ukrainian Jewish boy to becoming one of the most influential figures in Soviet history. He recounts his involvement in revolutionary activities, his experiences as a political organizer and military leader during the October Revolution, and his role in shapi...

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Leon Trotsky

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Leon Trotsky was a key political figure of the twentieth century – a leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, author of books on literature, history, morality and politics.Leon Trotsky: Writings in Exile contains some of his most insightful and penetrating works. Thrown out of Russia by Stalin, Trotsky settled in Mexico, and turned to the only weapon he had left – words. In these writings he defends the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, warns prophetically of fascism and...

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Joseph J. Mereto, Petr Alekseevich kniaz Kropotkin, Lewis Henry Berens, Leon Trotsky, Mary Knight, Sergiei Nilus, Tommaso Campanella, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Hermynia Zur Mühlen, Boris Reinstein, Mack Reynolds, John Spargo, Paul Dukes, Bertrand Russell

The Communist Collection: 14 Insightful Books assembles a deliberately wide-ranging archive of communist thought, utopian speculation, revolutionary argument, reportage, polemic, and fiction. Its contents move from early visions of communal order to analyses of capitalism, accounts of revolution, and later imaginative treatments of collectivist futures. Foundational theoretical texts sit beside less canonical interventions and narrative works, allowing readers to trace both the aspirations...

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Joseph McCabe, Renée Gaudin de Villaine Maud, Kellogg Durland, N. Sokolov, Anton Ivanovich Denikin, R. Van Bergen, John S. C. Abbott, Mary Platt Parmele, Leon Trotsky, Stephen Graham

Russia's Historical Tapestry: Ten Books to Weave the Past gathers ten interpretive works into a capacious panorama of Russian history, political upheaval, social change, and national self-fashioning. Moving among narrative history, eyewitness-inflected commentary, biography, travel writing, and revolutionary analysis, the volume illuminates the tensions between autocracy and reform, empire and nationality, tradition and modernity. Its range permits readers to encounter Russia not as a fixe...

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Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky was a Ukrainian-Russian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist and politician. Ideologically a communist, he developed a variant of Marxism which has become known as Trotskyism.His politics differed from some aspects from those of Stalin or Mao Zedong, most importantly in his rejection of the theory of Socialism in one country and his declaring of the need for an international "permanent revolution."This book contains: Trotsky on Lenin, My Life, The Revolution...