Trotsky : the eternal revolutionary

Author(s)

• Volkogonov, Dmitriĭ Antonovich
• Shukman, Harold

Bibliographic Information

Trotsky : the eternal revolutionary

Dmitri Volkogonov ; translated and edited by Harold Shukman

HarperCollins, 1996

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a biography of Leon Trotsky, a dominating figure of the Russian Revolution. He was largely responsible for building the Red Army, and advocated the system of state terror which was ultimately to lead to the nightmare of Stalinism. Trotsky was widely regarded as Lenin's likely successor, but he was outmanoeuvred by his enemy, Stalin, and found himself being written out of the history of the Revolution. After Stalin's assumption of power, Trotsky was forced to go into exile. In 1940 he was finally murdered in Mexico by Stalin's agents. Dmitri Volkogonov's access to formerly secret Soviet archives has enabled him to include unknown information in this biography which caused a sensation when it was published in Russia.

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Details

• NCID: BB22186005
• ISBN:
  • 0002552728
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: rus
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxxvi, 524 p., [32] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 947.0841092
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940
  • LCSH : Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography
  • LCSH : Communists -- Soviet Union -- Biography
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953