In Defense of Marxism: The Social & Political Contradictions of the Soviet Union

By Leon Trotsky

Book Overview

This book is correctly regarded as one of Trotsky's finest classics. It is a product of a sharp polemic within the American trotskyist movement during the period 1939-40. This was a dispute which touched on the very fundamentals of Marxism. It was for this reason that Trotsky himself participated in this struggle in the form of a series of articles and letters that are brought together in this volume.

The issues covered concern the essence of Marxist theory and deal with such questions as:

The class nature of the Soviet state. The defence of the Soviet Union against imperialist attack. Bolshevik principles of organisation. Dialectical Materialism.

This book is Trotsky at his best: profound, concise and theorectically razor sharp.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913026035
• ISBN13: 9781913026035
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Wellred
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"