The Prophet
The Life of Leon Trotsky
Published on 5. January 2015
1648 pages
978-1-78168-721-5 (ISBN)
Description
Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused such intensities of fierce admiration and reactionary fear as Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. His extraordinary life and extensive writings have left an indelible mark on the revolutionary consciousness. Yet there was once a danger that his life and influence would be relegated to the footnotes of history.
Published over the course of ten years, beginning in 1954, Deutscher's magisterial three-volume biography turned back the tide of Stalin's propaganda, and has since been praised by everyone from Tony Blair to Graham Greene. In this definitive work, now reissued in a single volume, Trotsky's true stature emerges as the most heroic, and ultimately tragic, character of the Russian Revolution.
Published over the course of ten years, beginning in 1954, Deutscher's magisterial three-volume biography turned back the tide of Stalin's propaganda, and has since been praised by everyone from Tony Blair to Graham Greene. In this definitive work, now reissued in a single volume, Trotsky's true stature emerges as the most heroic, and ultimately tragic, character of the Russian Revolution.
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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
15 b/w
ISBN-13
978-1-78168-721-5 (9781781687215)
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01/2015
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Person
Isaac Deutscher was born in 1907 near Krakow and joined the Polish Communist Party, from which he was expelled in 1932. He then moved to London where he died in 1967. His other books include Stalin and The Unfinished Revolution.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Volume I: The Prophet Armed 1879-1921
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter I. Home and School
- Chapter II. In Search of an Ideal
- Chapter III. At the Door of History
- Chapter IV. An Intellectual Partnership
- Chapter V. Trotsky in 1905
- Chapter VI. 'Permanent Revolution'
- Chapter VII. The Doldrums: 1907-1914
- Chapter VIII. War and the International
- Chapter IX. Trotsky in the October Revolution
- Chapter X. The People's Commissar
- Chapter XI. The Drama of Brest Litovsk
- Chapter XII. Arming the Republic
- Chapter XIII. Revolution and Conquest
- Note on Trotsky's Military Writings
- Chapter XIV. Defeat in Victory
- Volume II: The Prophet Unarmed 1921-1929
- Preface
- Chapter I. The Power of the Dream
- Chapter II. The Anathema
- Chapter III. 'Not by Politics Alone .'
- Chapter IV. An Interval
- Chapter V. The Decisive Contest: 1926-7
- Chapter VI. A Year at Alma Ata
- Volume III: The Prophet Outcast 1929-1940
- Preface
- Chapter I. On the Princes' Isles
- Chapter II. Reason and Unreason
- Chapter III. The Revolutionary as Historian
- Chapter IV. 'Enemy of the People'
- Chapter V. The 'Hell-Black Night'
- Postscript: Victory in Defeat
- Bibliography
- Index
