Ebook: International Trotskyism : 1929-1985 : a documented analysis of the movement

A volume of encyclopedic scope, International subject indexes, which provide optimal access to
Trotskyism, 1929-1985 is sure to become the the wealth of information contained in the main
definitive reference work on a movement that has body of the work.
had a significant impact on the political culture of
countries in every part of the world for more than
half a century.
Renowned scholar Robert J. Alexander has

International Trotskyism, 1929-1985 should be in
every research library and will be an invaluable
source for scholars and students of International
Trotskyism, the political Left, political move-
amassed, from disparate sources, an unprecedented ments in general, and twentieth-century world
amount of primary and secondary material to history.
provide a documentary history of the origins,
development, and nature of the Trotskyist move-
ment around the world. Drawing on interviews
and correspondence with Trotskyists, newspaper
reports and pamphlets, historical writings, includ-
ing the annotated writings of Trotsky in both
English and French, historical memoirs of
Trotskyist leaders, and documents of the Fourth
International, Alexander recounts the history of
the movement since Trotsky's exile from the
Soviet Union in 1929.

Organized alphabetically in a double-column,
country-by-country format--from Albania to
Bolivia, from China to India, from the United

Robert J. Alexander, Professor Emeritus of Eco-
nomics and Political Science at Rutgers Univer-
sity, is the author of numerous books, including
The Right Opposition: The Lovestonites and the
International Communist Opposition of the
1930's, Trotskyism in Latin America, Tuan
Domingo Peron: A History, R6mulo Betancourt
and the Transformation of Venezuela, and Bolivia:
Past, Present, and Future of Its Politics.

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the formation and growth of Trotskyism in more
than sixty-five countries, providing biographical
information about its most influential leaders,
detailed accounts of Trotsky's personal involve-
ment in the development of the movement in each
country, and thorough reports of its various
factions and splits. Multiple chapters are reserved
for countries where the movement was relatively
active or fully developed and various chapters are
organized around crucial thematic issues, such as
the Fourth International. The text is followed by
extensive name, organization, publication, and