Between 1914 and 1917 Lenin and Trotsky foresaw that the imperialist war would set the stage for revolutionary eruptions in Europe. This perspective was vindicated with the outbreak of the ...

[13] In Let History Judge, Medvedev acknowledged that Trotsky’s role in the leadership of the Bolshevik Party was second only to that of Lenin. He wrote: In 1921–1922 Trotsky was considered ...

He found the way. But others, like Trotsky, like Martov oven, were the more correct Marxists. Behind him, Lenin swung into line a vast and primitive country of 150 million souls. Those who held ...

The Bolsheviks were extremely fortunate in the quality of their leadership, particularly in Lenin and Trotsky. Throughout the Civil War, Lenin provided the energy and drive needed to inspire ...

The Longest Night: Three Generations of Chinese Trotskyists in Defeat, Jail, Exile, and Diaspora .], Editors/Translators: Gregor Benton and Yang Yang, with an introduction by Gregor Benton.