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Ma vie by Leon Trotsky
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Ma vie (original 1930; edition 2017)

by Leon Trotsky (Author), Maurice Parijanine (Traduction)

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The only Bolshevik leader to write his memoirs, Leon Trotsky published this remarkable book in 1930, the first year of a perilous, decade-long exile that ended with his assassination in Mexico. Expelled from the Communist party and deported from the Soviet Union, the former People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs recalled his lifelong struggle in the world of revolutionary politics. In addition to his firsthand accounts of the early intrigues within the Communist government, Trotsky also delivered chilling glimpses into the rise of the new Soviet bureaucracy and prescient warnings of the Stalin… (more)
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Title:Ma vie
Authors:Leon Trotsky (Author)
Other authors:Maurice Parijanine (Traduction)
Info:Folio (2017), 704 pages
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Reviewed in the August 1930 issue of the Socialist Standard:

http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2017/10/lessons-from-trotskys-life-...
  Impossibilist | Oct 28, 2017 |
Trotsky is so smart and such a good writer. His autobio. is a great read even if you're a crusty reactionary. ( )
1 vote jonathon.hodge | Feb 26, 2009 |
If you only read one book by LDT then read this one, the ultimate answer to those who portray lenin and trostsky as inhumane this is the most humane and inspiring autobiograpy you will ever read. ( )
1 vote greenribbon | Jan 13, 2008 |
Read the first paragraph on marxists.org and tell me if any other autobiography or biography starts off so penetratingly. ( )
  Hanuman2 | Dec 19, 2007 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Trotsky, Leonprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
García Higueras, GabrielForewordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hansen, JosephIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hansson, Bertilsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kun, Miklóssecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Liszt, GabrielaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Parijanine, MauriceTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rosmer, AlfredIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Volkov, Esteban VsievolodPrefacesecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Woods, AlanIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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The only Bolshevik leader to write his memoirs, Leon Trotsky published this remarkable book in 1930, the first year of a perilous, decade-long exile that ended with his assassination in Mexico. Expelled from the Communist party and deported from the Soviet Union, the former People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs recalled his lifelong struggle in the world of revolutionary politics. In addition to his firsthand accounts of the early intrigues within the Communist government, Trotsky also delivered chilling glimpses into the rise of the new Soviet bureaucracy and prescient warnings of the Stalin

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