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UNINA9910150295303321 |
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North David <1950-> |
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Titolo |
In defense of Leon Trotsky / / David North |
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Mehring Books |
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Oak Park, Michigan : , : Mehring Books, , 2013 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xvii, 259 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
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Soggetti |
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Revolutionaries - Soviet Union - Biography |
Communism - Historiography |
Biography - Political aspects |
Historiography - Political aspects |
Soviet Union History Errors, inventions, etc |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Two lectures on Leon Trotsky's life and ideas -- Toward a reconsideration of Trotsky's place in the history of the 20th century -- Leon Trotsky, Soviet historiography, and the fate of classical Marxism -- The post-Soviet school of historical falsification: a review of two biographies of Leon Trotsky by professors Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher -- Stalin's terror and the political lie -- Swain, Thatcher and the "myth" of Trotsky -- Thatcher's method of historical falsification -- When lies are told against history -- Robert Service's contribution to the falsification of history -- Robert Service's Trotsky -- Political biography and the historical lie -- Trotsky's enduring significance -- The biographer as character assassin -- Seventy years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky -- Report to a meeting in Berlin on October 17, 2010 -- Assessing Leon Trotsky seventy years after his assassination -- Report given at the annual convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, November 21, 2010 -- Leon Trotsky and the defense of historical truth -- Lecture at the University of Leipzig on March 16, 2012 -- Lecture at Historians' Convention: in defense of Leon Trotsky -- Lecture given at the Historians' Convention at the University of Mainz in Germany, |
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