Inhoudsopgave:
The Real Situation in Russia, first published in 1928, contains three of Trotskyâs harshest rebuttals of Stalinâs takeover of the Russian Revolution following the death of Lenin. The first part contains a defence of the âOpposition Platformâ against the Stalinist denunciation; the second details Trotskyâs view of the precise nature of the Stalinist program, as well as its disastrous consequences for Russia; and the third demonstrates the unashamed falsification of the history by Stalin with regard to the beginning of the Revolution. Including a sympathetic, but nonetheless astute, introduction to Trotskyâs argument by the translator, The Real Situation in Russia will prove to be of value to all students of twentieth-century Marxism, and in particular to those interested in the Russian Revolution â not only its origins and early development, but also, perhaps, the reasons for its ultimate failure. |