Note the number of pages and comments on any unusual features of the book such as particularly wellmade maps. The line between good and evil is drawn not between nations or parties, but through every human heart. Trotsky speech to the tenth congress, march 1921, quoted in deutscher, the prophet armed 18791921, p508. The trotsky book series by isaac deutscher includes books the prophet armed. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. Enter the authors full name, complete title of the book, place of publication, publisher, and date of publication near the top of the card. Trotsky, the prophet armed, the prophet unarmed and the prophet outcast, present an. In my life trotsky sought to vindicate himself in terms imposed upon him by stalin and by the whole ideological situation of bolshevism in the 192os, that is, in terms of the lenin cult. The author, isaac deutscher, was reading shakespearean tragedies while writing the book, and the narrative of this book does indeed show an arc from triumph to tragedy and this is only the 1st of 3 books he wrote on trotsky s life. This paper investigates isaac deutschers trotsky trilogy. The first englishlanguage biography of lazar kaganovich, one of stalins leading deputies, iron lazar investigates the life of a man of key importance to the shaping of the stalinist state. Trotsky 19211929 paperback december 18, 2003 by isaac deutscher author visit amazons isaac deutscher page. Briefly summarize in a sentence or two the topic of the book and the authors thesis. Trotsky leon trotsky has aroused strong passions, and historians love and hate him in equal measure.
The prophet unarmed ends with trotskys banishment from the soviet union in. This new biography provides a full account of his political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material. Trotsky 18871940 txt read information about the author isaac deutscher was a polishborn jewish marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the united kingdom at the outbreak of world war ii. Selective bibliography of isaac deutscher marxists internet archive. An even bigger root and branch problem not addressed by trotskyism is the question of the abandonment by lenin of the programme for the transition outlined in state and revolution in 1917. Trotsky 19211929 new edition by deutscher, isaac isbn. This dissertation politically analyses the principles of literary evaluation here called axiology argued and applied by the english critics christopher caudwell, raymond williams, and terry eagleton. Isaac deutscher papers 19151990 international institute of social. Isaac deutschers magisterial threevolume biography was the first major publication. Christopher caudwell, raymond williams and terry eagleton. Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused as much controversy as the russian revolutionary leon trotsky.
Books and articles by deutscher on trotsky and trotskyism. His threevolume biography of trotsky was highly influential among the british new. Reviews and short notices 2007 history wiley online. Trotsky 19211929, by isaac deutscher, and the prophet outcast.
A history of the soviet union most valuable industrial districts, and the best agricultural lands. Trotsky 18791921 paperback december 18, 2003 by isaac deutscher author visit amazons isaac deutscher page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Ukraine was also that part of the old empire where the civil war was most bitter and confused, where regimes changed most often. I also intend to supplement my biography of stalin by a book titled stalins last. Reviews and short notices 2007 history wiley online library. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The paradoxical fact that all three claim to be working within a marxist framework while producing mutually divergent rationales for literary evaluation prompts a detailed examination of marx. Trotsky 18791921, by isaac deutscher, the prophet unarmed. Trotsky 192129 txt read information about the author isaac deutscher was a polishborn jewish marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the united kingdom at the outbreak of world war ii. His book is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the history of soviet russia. Article information, pdf download for isaac deutscher. For the most part, thats a fair claim about his own book.