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"An important and devastating study...." -- New York Times
"Probably the most readable, significant and interesting book that has thus far come from the prolific pen of the former leader of the Red Army.... Trotsky has an intimate knowledge of and a complete command of his subject.... [T]he canvas he fills is so broad and well-balanced as to be highly instructive even to those who do not limit their investigations of Soviet affairs to the reports of the correspondents.... In a series of brief but lucid chapters the author traces the remarkable evolution through which the Soviet State has passed since 1917.... Trotsky's narrative bring[s] to the reader an echo of the passionate discussion that has taken place behind the closed doors of the high Communist bodies." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Of all Stalin's opponents Trotsky alone has produced a systematic and comprehensive critique.... [O]ne of the most influential books of this century.... a classic of Marxist literature." -- New Statesman --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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"An important and devastating study...." -- New York Times
"Probably the most readable, significant and interesting book that has thus far come from the prolific pen of the former leader of the Red Army.... Trotsky has an intimate knowledge of and a complete command of his subject.... [T]he canvas he fills is so broad and well-balanced as to be highly instructive even to those who do not limit their investigations of Soviet affairs to the reports of the correspondents.... In a series of brief but lucid chapters the author traces the remarkable evolution through which the Soviet State has passed since 1917.... Trotsky's narrative bring[s] to the reader an echo of the passionate discussion that has taken place behind the closed doors of the high Communist bodies." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Of all Stalin's opponents Trotsky alone has produced a systematic and comprehensive critique.... [O]ne of the most influential books of this century.... a classic of Marxist literature." -- New Statesman --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Written in 1936 and published the following year, this brilliant and profound evaluation of Stalinism from the Marxist standpoint prophesied the collapse of the Soviet Union. Trotsky employs facts, figures, and statistics to show how Stalinist policies rejected the enormous productive potential of the nationalized planned economy engendered by the October Revolution.
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The bourgeois world at first tried to pretend not to notice the economic successes of the soviet regime - the experimental proof, that is, of the practicability of socialist methods. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tortoise tempo, social dining rooms, proletarian military doctrine, military communism, commanding staff, complete collectivization, ruling stratum, piecework payment, collectivized peasants, soviet democracy, world proletariat, bourgeois law Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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tortoise tempo, social dining rooms, proletarian military doctrine, military communism, commanding staff, complete collectivization, ruling stratum, piecework payment, collectivized peasants, soviet democracy, world proletariat, bourgeois law Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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