Leon Trotsky and the Politics of Economic Isolation

by Richard B. Day

Book Overview

A highly original and controversial examination of events in Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1927 in which Professor Day challenges both the standard Trotskyite and Stalinist interpretations of the period. At the same time he rejects the traditional emphasis on Trotsky's concept of Permanent Revolution and argues that a Marxist theorist is essential. Professor Day concentrates upon the economic implications of revolutionary Russia's isolation from Europe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521524369
• ISBN13: 9780521524360
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"