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History of the Russian Revolution Paperback – 7 Aug. 2008

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The definitive account of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky, its leader and key historian. Published to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, this edition of Trotsky's masterpiece, with a new foreword by Ahmed Shawki, tells the epic story of the remarkable events which transformed Russian and world history forever. Leon Trotsky was a leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution and author of My Life and The Revolution Betrayed. Ahmed Shawki is editor of International Socialist Review and author of Black Liberation and Socialism.

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Paperback : 1040 pages
ISBN-10 : 1931859450
ISBN-13 : 978-1931859455
Dimensions : 15.49 x 3.81 x 22.86 cm
Publisher : Haymarket Books (7 Aug. 2008)
Language: : English

Best Sellers Rank: 421,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 699 in Political History of Revolutions & Coups
- 1,531 in History of Russia
- 105,175 in Society, Politics & Philosophy

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"The greatest history of an event that I know."
--C. L. R. James

"Justly celebrated as a towering, vivid, historically vital work."
--China Miéville, October

"The History is his crowning work, both in scale and power and as the fullest expression of his ideas on revolution. As an account of a revolution, given by one of its chief actors, it stands unique in world literature."
--Isaac Deutscher

"I would routinely smuggle copies of Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution into the USSR--so our colleagues could know a little about their own political beginnings."
--Carl Sagan

"This passionate, partisan and beautifully written account by a major participant in the revolution, written during his exile on the isle of Prinkipo in Turkey, remains one of the best accounts of 1917. No counter-revolutionary, conservative or liberal, has been able to compete with this telling."

--Tariq Ali

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Leon Trotsky was a leader of the Russian revolution in 1917 and is the author of My Life, The History of the Russian Revolution, and The Revolution Betrayed.

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Tony

By far the best account of the events of 1917

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2017

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This is about a good a history book as it gets and by far the best account of 1917. It is also beautifully written. As a leading participant in many of the events he describes, the author clearly has his own angle. That is to emphasise the leading role of Russia's workers in their own liberation and the key role of Lenin and the Bolshevik Party which he argues was inseparable from the factory workers not an alien force imposed from outside as most other accounts take for granted. But as Trotsky says in the introduction "the first duty of the historian is to say what happened and why" so this is a work of history not propaganda or one designed to big up the author. If anything Trotsky plays down his own role, referring to himself only when absolutely necessary and then in the third person. He applies the historical materialist method, showing how the revolution grew out of the development of Russian society, including its international context, and the catastrophic impact of the First World War on the creaking edifice of Tsarism. He also shows how the events of 1917 at the bottom of society impacted on and interacted with events at the top. The chapters on the Tsar and Tsarina and the court are superb, treating them as human beings caught up in events largely beyond their control, not pantomime villains. You will enjoy this book this even if you are a not a fan of Trotsky or the left. Even Churchill was an admirer (while roundly hating the author). Buy it and read it now.

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R. A. Young

Heavy but good

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Thoroughly recommend this - the fact that it was written by Trotsky shouldn't put off anyone who doesn't subsribe to his political views - this is first & foremost a history book and I'd argue that Trotsky (someone whose work I've read a reasonable amount of) actually remains objective throughout this book. Being clear, this is a very interesting period in history and although Trotsky could have written it from a political perspective, he's been very precise in writing the "history". Also, despite this being a non-fiction book, there is (for want of a better word) a story running through it (following the course of the revolution), so the narrative in that sense is actually quite gripping.

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I wanted to read it but I was afraid it would be a dull, turgid slog

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2017

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Had this book on a shelf for a while. I wanted to read it but I was afraid it would be a dull, turgid slog. How wrong could I be, it was gripping and written with passion. I was most surprised at Trotsky's humour. Some truly hilarious parts, e.g. where he described Rasputin and the idiot Tsar. This is a stunning book that counters western propaganda surrounding the greatest emancipation of the mass of the people in world history.

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Great book

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Brilliant it's Trotsky for God's sake

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2017

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Brilliant it's Trotsky for God's sake!

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Good read awful product

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2020

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Books content is great book the book itself that’s bought ‘new’ arrived with the back cover torn and the spine being sticky with some sort of glue

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Paul mackney

A marvellous read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2019

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10 days that shook the world.

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but good book. My book did have some crags in ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2017

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Huge, but good book.
My book did have some crags in the cover, but I think this was due to delivery...

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