Ebook: The Revolution Betrayed

Written in 1936 and published the following year, this brilliant and profound evaluation of Stalinism from the Marxist standpoint prophesied the collapse of the Soviet Union. Trotsky employs facts, figures, and statistics to show how Stalinist policies rejected the enormous productive potential of the nationalized planned economy engendered by the October Revolution.;Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION -- THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT WORK; CHAPTER I -- WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED; 1. The Principal Indices of Industrial Growth; 2. Comparative Estimate of These Achievements; 3. Production Per Capita of the Population; CHAPTER II -- ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE ZIGZAGS OF THE LEADERSHIP; 1. "Military Communism," the "New Economic Policy" (NEP) and the Course Toward the Kulak; 2. A Sharp Turn: "Five-Year Plan in Four Years" and "Complete Collectivization"; CHAPTER III -- SOCIALISM AND THE STATE; 1. The Transitional Regime; 2. Program and Reality.