World Socialist Web Site: A review of two Trotsky biographies by Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher
Today we publish the first part of a four-part review of two biographies of Trotsky written by Professors Geoffrey Swain and Ian D. Thatcher. The first, third and final parts can be accessed here.
A review of two Trotsky biographies by Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the life and thought of Leon Trotsky, particularly among the youth. In response, a number of deplorable biographies have appeared, including those ...
In the recent profusion of books on Stalin's Soviet Union, Leon Trotsky has seemed almost forgotten, but now along come two new biographies -- one a full-life study, the other a detailed tale of his ...
Lev Davidovich Trotsky[b][c] (né Bronstein; [d] 7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky, [e] was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and political theorist. He was a key figure in the 1905 Revolution, the October Revolution of 1917, the Russian Civil War, and the establishment of the Soviet Union, from which he was exiled in 1929 before his ...
Leon Trotsky, communist theorist and agitator who unsuccessfully struggled against Joseph Stalin for power in the Soviet Union after Vladimir Lenin’s death.
Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein on 7 November 1879 in Yanovka, Ukraine, then part of Russia. His father was a prosperous Jewish farmer. Trotsky became involved in underground activities ...
Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Leo, Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (Old Style Date October 26) – ), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was an influential politician in the ...