Trotsky and the Russian revolution - Swain, Geoffrey 1950- (Routledge, 2014)
Includes bibliographical references
Trotsky in history -- What is Leninism, what is Trotskyism? -- A revolutionary life in Russia -- Developing a world view -- Upbringing: from rebel to marxist -- Battling with Lenin -- Living revolution -- Results and prospects -- The triumph of the "worker intellectual" -- The party divided -- Pravda, the voice of the worker intellectual -- Hope abandoned, hope restored -- Living the revolution -- Ending the quarrel with Lenin -- Checking adventurism, combating reaction -- Insurrection -- Results and prospects in action -- Defending the revolution -- Peasant distrust -- Building an army -- Stalin and military specialists -- Peasants during wartime -- From command crisis to victory -- Building a workers' economy -- Labour armies -- War with Poland -- The trade union controversy -- Planning proposals -- Planning progress -- Bureaucratic obstruction of planning -- Combating thermidor -- Deviationist -- Planning resumed -- Opposition -- Towards exile
Keywords: Trotsky, Leon / 1879-1940; Trockij, Lev Davidovič -- 1879-1940; Rossiĭskai͡a kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a (bolʹshevikov); Geschichte; Politik; Soviet Union / History / Revolution, 1917-1921; Sowjetunion