The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921

by Christopher Hitchens, Isaac Deutscher

Release Date: December, 2003

Edition: Hardcover

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The Trotsky Reader

Isaac Deutscher is the only one capable of writing such a great book about one of Russias' greatest man. This book is made up of three parts, three components. The Prophet Unarmed, The Prophet Armed, and the Prophet Outcast are combined to create a monumental book on a monumental man.

An excellent biography. Get this book and the other 2.

This is an excellent biography of Trotsky, and, despite the fact it takes up 3 books, it makes up excellent reading and gives one understanding of not just the life of Trotsky, but the reason for many of the peculiar changes that happened in the USSR in it's early days. It leaves the reader quite well informed, and one gets to meet quite a few revolutionaries through the book, including Zasulich, Axelrod, Plekhanov, and Parvus. Get it!