The Real Situation in Russia (Routledge Revivals) - 9781138015272

Taylor & Francis

The Real Situation in Russia (Routledge Revivals)Author(s): Leon Trotsky\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138015272, 978-1138015272\nSynopsis\nThe Real Situation in Russia, first published in 1928, contains three of Trotskys harshest rebuttals of Stalins takeover of the Russian Revolution following the death of Lenin. The first part contains a defence of the Opposition Platform against the Stalinist denunciation; the second details Trotskys 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. \n\nIncluding a sympathetic, but nonetheless astute, introduction to Trotskys 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 .