Russia after stalin, with a postscript on the beria affair, by isaac deutscher 1953. The prophet armed is the first volume of isaac deutschers three volume biography of leon trotsky. The goateed face of the old man was on banners and posters as the. This has been the most illuminating of all the biographies of lenin, stalin, luxemburg etc. In my life trotsky sought to vindicate himself in terms imposed upon him by stalin and by the whole ideological situation of bolshevism in the 192os, that is, in terms of the lenin cult. To say that the russian revolution or the experiment as it is sometimes called, failed is a great lie. Trotsky 18791921 new edition by isaac deutscher isbn. July 31 1892 august 27, 1925 was a soviet revolutionary and statesman. Further to my study of the russian revolution, ive now read deutschers the prophet armed. The poetical works of sir walter scott 1926 english men of letters swift john morley. English men of letters vi second hand charity shop. Hurds letters on chivalry and romance with the third elizabethan dialogue. This first volume of the trilogy traces trotskys political development. Leon trotsky, 18791921 by isaac deutscher paperback, 1970 at the best online prices at.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This paper investigates isaac deutschers trotsky trilogy. Article information, pdf download for deutscher, isaac. This first volume, the prophet armed, looks at trotsky s life up to the end of the russian civil war in 1921 and covers his early life, education, family background, first contacts with the narodnik revolutionary movements, involvement with the debates in the russian social democratic movement, the 1905 revolution, various periods of. Here is a vivid description of the 1905 uprising, the years of the repression following 1905 and the russian. Trotskys later years and the tragic close of his life stirred my imagination more deeply than did. Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused as much controversy as the russian revolutionary leon trotsky. Selective bibliography of isaac deutscher marxists internet archive.
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