The revolution betrayed : what is the Soviet Union and where is it going? / Leon Trotsky.

By:

Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940

Language: English Publication details: New York : Pathfinder Press, 1972.Description: 338 pg̀ina ; 24 cmISBN:

9780873482264

LOC classification:

T858r 1972

Contents:

What has been achieved Economic growth and the zigzags of the leadership Socialism and the state The struggle for productivity of labor The soviet thermidor The growth of inequality and social antagonisms Family, youth and culture Foreign policy and the army What is the Soviet Union? The Soviet Union in the mirror of the new constitution Whither the Soviet Union?

Summary: "In 1917 the working class and peasantry of Russia carried out one of the most deep-going revolutions in history. Yet within ten years a political counterrevolution was under way. Workers and peasants were driven from power by a privileged bureaucratic social layer whose chief spokeperson was Joseph Stalin. This classic study of the Soviet workers state and its degeneration illuminates the roots of the social and political crisis shaking the countries of the Soviet Union today."

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso)	T858r 1972 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000199020

Eighteenth printing
Includes index

What has been achieved
Economic growth and the zigzags of the leadership
Socialism and the state
The struggle for productivity of labor
The soviet thermidor
The growth of inequality and social antagonisms
Family, youth and culture
Foreign policy and the army
What is the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union in the mirror of the new constitution
Whither the Soviet Union?

"In 1917 the working class and peasantry of Russia carried out one of the most deep-going revolutions in history. Yet within ten years a political counterrevolution was under way. Workers and peasants were driven from power by a privileged bureaucratic social layer whose chief spokeperson was Joseph Stalin. This classic study of the Soviet workers state and its degeneration illuminates the roots of the social and political crisis shaking the countries of the Soviet Union today."

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