Trotsky and the Russian revolution / Geoffrey Swain

Trotsky in history -- What is Leninism, what is Trotskyism? -- A revolutionary life in Russia -- Developing a world view -- Upbringing: from rebel to marxist -- Battling with Lenin -- Living revolution -- Results and prospects -- The triumph of the "worker intellectual" -- The party divide...

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Main Authors:Swain, Geoffrey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:London ; New York : Routledge, [2014]
Series:Seminar studies in history
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Table of Contents
Trotsky in history
What is Leninism, what is Trotskyism?
A revolutionary life in Russia
Developing a world view
Upbringing: from rebel to marxist
Battling with Lenin
Living revolution
Results and prospects
The triumph of the "worker intellectual"
The party divided
Pravda, the voice of the worker intellectual
Hope abandoned, hope restored
Living the revolution
Ending the quarrel with Lenin
Checking adventurism, combating reaction
Insurrection
Results and prospects in action
Defending the revolution
Peasant distrust
Building an army
Stalin and military specialists
Peasants during wartime
From command crisis to victory
Building a workers' economy
Labour armies
War with Poland
The trade union controversy
Planning proposals
Planning progress
Bureaucratic obstruction of planning
Combating thermidor
Deviationist
Planning resumed
Opposition
Towards exile.