Ian D Thatcher

Trotsky

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. This study provides a clear and accessible introduction to Trotsky's life and thought for anyoneinterested in twentieth-century Russian and World History.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 129mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9780415232517
• ISBN-10: 0415232511
• Artikelnr.: 22160264

Autorenporträt

Ian D. Thatcher lectures in Modern Russian History at the University of Leicester. His previous publications include Leon Trotsky and World War One(2000) and Regime and Society in Twentieth-Century Russia(1999).

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARY, 1879-1907
Chapter 2 THE FIGHT FOR UNITY, 1907-14
Chapter 3 WAR AND REVOLUTION, 1914-17
Chapter 4 DEFENDING THE REVOLUTION, 1917-21
Chapter 5 THE REVOLUTION IN DECLINE, 1921-4
Chapter 6 OPPOSITION AND DEFEAT, 1925-9
Chapter 7 AGAINST STALINISM AND FASCISM, 1929-33
Chapter 8 THE FINAL EXILE
CONCLUSION
NOTES
FURTHER READING
Index