The Prophet Armed by Guy Deutscher
A vivid political biography tracing Trotsky's rise from Jewish-Ukrainian intellectual and exile to leading revolutionary organizer and Red Army commander, documenting his roles in the 1905 and 1917 revolutions, the Civil War and the consolidation of Bolshevik power up to 1921; it combines rich historical narrative with analysis of his ideas, political conflicts and the tensions between revolutionary ideals and the compromises of power, portraying both his strategic brilliance and the contradictions that foreshadowed his later marginalization.
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