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Trotsky for Beginners

by Tariq Ali, Phil Evans · 1980

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Together with Lenin, Leon Trotsky was one of the architects of the Russian Revolution. A great orator, a skilful military tactician, a gifted historian and an unpredictable cultural theorist, Trotsky was brought down by inner-party factionalism, exiled and then executed by Stalin.

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisRussiaRussiaMore like thisLess of thisSoviet UnionSoviet UnionMore like thisLess of thisUrssUrssMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 176 pages
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