The Revolution Betrayed, by LDT

[p038] ‘The Revolution Betrayed remains a . Classic of Marxist literature....He dealt with his subject matter...as a detached _ and rigorously objective sociologist and analyst; as a fighter and exiled leader of a suppressed opposition and as a passion- ate pamphleteer and polemicist. .. . There is perhaps more to be learned even from Trotsky’s mistakes than one can learn wens from the “correct” platitudes of most poli- @@ tical writers. ... ‘Masterly’ ‘What gives to The Revolution Betrayed its weight as a document of our time is the masterly critical panorama of Stalinist society during its early and middle periods which Leon Trotsky drew here....An article in a weekly review cannot do jus- tice to the wealth of ideas that are found in this book, to the burning socialist faith that informs it, and to its imaginative force and literary élan.’ Isaac Deutscher, New Statesman, August 24, 1957. 308 Pages Soft Cover 10/6 Hard Cover 15] - Pioneer ‘>. N yo and where is it going? NEW PARK PUBLICATIONS LTD will be glad to supply you with books of all descriptions from the current Penguins and Pelicans to the socialist classies 266, Lavender Hill, London, S.W. 11. Telephone MACaulay 7029

[p039] Deutscher wrote: ‘A new generation of the Soviet intelli- gentsia are grappling with the significance of Trotsky’s struggle against Stalin and with its relevance to the problems of the post-Stalin era.... ‘The intelligentsia of Moscow, Warsaw, Prague, East Berlin (vide Harich’s “testa- ment’), and perhaps even of Peking, are wondering whether they can learn any- thing from Trotsky. Do his writings con- vey any message to communists who are freeing themselves from Stalinism and try- ing to shape an alternative to it?... ‘A classic’ ‘Of all Stalin’s opponents Trotsky alone has produced a systematic and compre- hensive critique. In The Revolution Be- trayed he offered the final version of that critique. ...In a curious way, it has been one of the most influential books of this century. Some of its ideas . . . have become widely popularized by a host of writers who have lived on crumbs... from Trot- sky’s rich table. ... ‘The Revolution Betrayed remains a classic of Marxist literature. ...He dealt with his subject matter...as a detached and rigorously objective sociologist and analyst; as a fighter and exiled leader of a suppressed opposition and as a passion- ate pamphleteer and polemicist. ... There is perhaps more to be learned even from Trotsky’s mistakes than one can learn from the “correct” platitudes of most poli- tical writers. ... *Masterly’ ‘What gives to The Revolution Betrayed its weight as a document of our time is the masterly critical panorama of Stalinist society during its early and middle periods which Leon Trotsky drew here....An article in a weekly review cannot do jus- tice to the wealth of ideas that are found in this book, to the burning socialist faith that informs it, and to its imaginative force and literary élan.’ Isaac Deutscher, New Statesman, August 24, 1957. 308 Pages Soft Cover 10/6 Hard Cover I5/ - PP PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PPP PAPP PAP PPP PPP PPP PP PP PPP PPP PPP PLP PPP PPP PLP OPP PPP PL NEW PARK PUBLICATIONS LTD will be glad to supply you with books of all descriptions from the current Penguins and Pelicans to the socialist classies 266, Lavender Hill, London, S.W. 11. Telephone MACaulay 7029