
About this book
Trotsky is perhaps the most intriguing and, given his prominence, the most understudied of the Soviet revolutionaries. Using new archival sources including family letters, party and military correspondence, confidential speeches, and medical records, Service offers new insights into Trotsky.
Subjects
CommunistsSoviet union, politics and government, 1917-1991Soviet union, biographyRevolutionaries, soviet unionStatesmen, soviet unionStatesmen, biographyExilesCommunism, soviet unionRussia (federation), politics and governmentBiographyPolitics and governmentCommunismRevolutionariesHistoryStatesmenExiles' writingsTrotsky, leon, 1879-1940