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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biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.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
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Manufacturer: Routledge Historical Biographies
Release date: 5 December 2002
ISBN-10 : 0415232511 | ISBN-13: 9780415232517
Release date: 5 December 2002
ISBN-10 : 0415232511 | ISBN-13: 9780415232517
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