Paul Le Blanc
Leon Trotsky (Critical Lives)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781780234304
- author:
- Paul Le Blanc
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Reaktion Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 12.7 x 1.5 x 19.7 cm
- Genre:
- Biography, Historical, Countries & Regions
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Leon Trotsky: A Complex Life Paul Le Blanc's biography of Leon Trotsky is a balanced and engaging portrait of one of the most important figures of twentieth-century Communism. Trotsky played a crucial role in the Russian Revolution, leading the Red Army as commander, before being challenged by Joseph Stalin. His subsequent exile and execution are also explored in this book. The author weaves together dramatic historical events with Trotsky's complex personality, examining his involvement in Soviet bureaucracy, the Spanish Civil War, and the rise of Hitler in the years leading up to World War II. Despite being removed from the Soviet Union, Trotsky continued to fight for his early Communist tradition, which eventually became known as Trotskyism. This book will be invaluable to history students, scholars, or anyone interested in political history and extraordinary lives.
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