Trotsky biography

[David Powelstock]

Deutscher is the classic, of course, but dated by now in its sources. There
is a new book, which I haven't yet read, that apparently takes a
de-mythologizing approach, _Trotsky: A Biography_ by Robert Service:
http://tinyurl.com/ycf2pfs. 

Cheers,
David P(owelstock)

-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jan Zielinski
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:08 AM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Trotsky biography

Kirsty McCluskey pisze:

> Definitive?  No... but I would argue that Isaac Deutscher's trilogy is the
> most durable and the most solid as a general biography of Trotsky.  There
> are recent works of great value too which reconsider important elements of
> his analysis, but Deutscher is the best and most comprehensive starting
> point, I believe.

Glad to hear. My opinion, exactly.

Jan Zielinski
Berne

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