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Trotsky : downfall of a revolutionary / Bertrand M. Patenaude.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper Perennial, c2010.Edition: 1st Harper Perennial edDescription: 370 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780060820695 (pbk.)
  • 0060820691 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 947.0840924
LOC classification:
  • 338 DK 254 T858P 2010
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Contents:
Armored train -- Mastermind -- Man of October -- Day of the dead -- The trouble with father -- Prisoners and provocateurs -- Fellow travelers -- The great dictator -- To the Finland station -- Lucky strike -- Deadline.
Summary: Historian Patenaude, a lecturer at Stanford, concentrates on the period from 1937, when Trotsky arrived in Mexico, to his assassination in 1940, painting a vivid portrait of Lenin's former right-hand man: his stormy relations with his flamboyant Mexican champion (and later enemy), artist Diego Rivera; his dealings with his American supporters; and the relentless efforts of Stalin's GPU to kill him.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 338 DK 254 T858P 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000090411

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Armored train -- Mastermind -- Man of October -- Day of the dead -- The trouble with father -- Prisoners and provocateurs -- Fellow travelers -- The great dictator -- To the Finland station -- Lucky strike -- Deadline.

Historian Patenaude, a lecturer at Stanford, concentrates on the period from 1937, when Trotsky arrived in Mexico, to his assassination in 1940, painting a vivid portrait of Lenin's former right-hand man: his stormy relations with his flamboyant Mexican champion (and later enemy), artist Diego Rivera; his dealings with his American supporters; and the relentless efforts of Stalin's GPU to kill him.

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