Introduction 1. The Precocious Apprentice 2. Revitalising the Party 3. Insurrection 4. Saving the Revolution 5. Building a Workers’ State 6. Combating Thermidor 7. Exile and Internationalism Conclusion
Biography
Swain, Geoffrey
‘Geoffrey Swain has produced a robust, highly readable and fresh look at Trotsky that provides new insights into his personality, life, career and political ideas. Trotsky comes out as a more human and rounded figure than in many other biographies but, at the same time, Swain emphasises his ruthlessness. He gives no comfort to romantics who sentimentalize Trotsky as a more restrained alternative to Stalin.’
Professor Christopher Read, University of Warwick
