Trotsky

von Ian D Thatcher

264 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This new biography provides a full account of Leon Trotsky's political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material.Ian D. Thatcher paints a new picture of Trotsky's standing in Russian and world history.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 politician, not least as a trenchant critic of Stalin's version of communism.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Europäische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9780415232517
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.12.2002
• Größe: 201 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)