192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Supporters of Stalin saw Trotsky as a traitor and renegade. Trotsky’s own supporters saw him as the only true Leninist. In Trotsky and the Russian Revolution , Geoffrey Swain restores Trotsky to his real and central role in the Russian Revolution. In this succinct and comprehensive study, Swain contests that:
In the years between 1903 and 1917, it was the ideas of Trotsky, rather than... Read more
Glossary. Who's Who. Part 1: Introduction. Part 2: A Revolutionary Life in Russia. Chapter 1: Developing a World View. Chapter 2: The Triumph of the 'Worker Intellectual'. Chapter 3: Living the Revolution. Chapter 4: Defending the Revolution. Chapter 5: Building a Workers' Economy. Chapter 6: Combating Thermidor. Notes. Documents. Part 3: Conclusion.
Biography
Geoffrey Swain is the Alec Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow. He has written extensively on the modern history of Russia and Eastern Europe, including biographies of the dissident communists Trotsky (2006) and Tito (2011).
