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.

As Joshua Rubenstein writes in his preface, "Leon Trotsky haunts our historical memory. A preeminent revolutionary figure and a masterful writer, Trotsky led an upheaval that helped to define the contours of twentieth-century politics.

Ernest Mandel's book makes possible a necessary extension of this debate by providing the first ever synthetic account of the development of Trotsky's Marxism in its successive encounters with the key problems and crises of the epoch.

A highly original and controversial examination of events in Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1927 in which Professor Day challenges both the standard Trotskyite and Stalinist interpretations of the period.

This illuminating portrait of Leon Trotsky sets the record straight on the common misconceptions about the man and his legacy.

Through interviews with Stalin¡¦s overseas hit-squad and relatives of Trotsky, as well as access to top-secret Soviet archives, Trotsky lends insight into one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century.

Bertrand M. Patenaude masterfully interweaves the story of Trotsky¡¦s final years with flashbacks to pivotal episodes in his career as a young Marxist, revolutionary hero, Red Army chief, Bolshevik leader, outcast from Stalin¡¦s USSR, and ...

In Leon Trotsky, Paul Le Blanc delves deep into Trotsky¡¦s life and relationships to reveal and make sense of his complex character and decisive actions.