TROTSKY AND THE JEWS

Nedava, Joseph

Verlag: Philadelphia PA. 5732/1972. Jewish Publication Society

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red, black & gilt lettered cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protecive plastic book jacket cover. near fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. tiny coffee type spot on top edge (<1cm). contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. tiny tears at spine topnbottom, corners rubbed, minor wrinkling, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP). vi+299p. notes. bibliography. index. biography. world history. russian history. jewish history. russian revolution. politics. political philosophy~ LEON TROTSKY, Lenin's copartner in the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, was one of the titans of our times. Despite Stalin's painstaking efforts to eradicate Trotsky's memory from the annals of Russian and international communism (his name is still anathema in the Soviet Union), his stature in world history remains unimpaired. Moreover, in recent years there has been a marked revival of Trotskyism throughout the world, and its followers have been gaining ground in the ranks of the New Left. Trotsky was a prolific writer, and much has also been written about his life and ideas by others, friend and foe. Yet one vital aspect, bearing upon his entire personality and career, which may greatly elucidate his revolutionary zeal, as well as his ultimate downfall, has only been touched upon, namely, the Jewish aspect. The present study, based on documents and on as yet unpublished material, aims at filling this gap. Trotsky considered himself an all~out internationalist and shunned the Jewish problem as much as he could. But the inexorable course of events finally caught up with him; Hitler's rise to power in particular drove him, at the end of life, to change his stance somewhat, and even to beat a certain ideological retreat. Trotsky's life and career are here reviewed against his Jewish background, and his persistent fight against pogroms and other anti~Semitic manifestations in Russia is examined in the light of his own writings. As he was unwilling to admit to being the epitome of Jewish participation in the Russian revolutionary movement, he often experienced inner conflicts, clearly indicating his ambivalence at crucial moments of his career. The extent to which anti~Semitism was involved in his struggle for power with Stalin is discussed, as well as Trotsky's attitude toward the Biro~Bidzhan Project and toward Zionism. Trotsky's unique personality reflected the rankling Jewish neurosis in tsarist Russia in an agonized age. The Jewish people reached the watershed of its existence during the period that Trotsky stood at the pinnacle of his power. His fall could be taken as proof to Zionism's victory over communism in their historic confrontation. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2172004

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Titel: TROTSKY AND THE JEWS

Verlag: Philadelphia PA. 5732/1972. Jewish Publication Society

Einband: Hardcover

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