The Revolution Betrayed: What Is the Soviet Union and Where Is It Going

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Summary: Excellent description of Stalinism
Review: Trotsky, objectively an enemy to socialism who allied with the Nazis against the USSR, apparently has no idea what he is talking about. Among all the lies and exaggerations are some facts too, but he interpretes them in an obviously tendentious manner and takes every mistake Stalin did as a proof of his counter-revolutionary character. For example. The 30's saw an increased productivity because of the need to prepare for the fascist war. Trotsky sees in this nothing else than an exploitation of the workers! I won't waste more of my time now, but it's also interesting to note that Trotsky actually says that under SOCIALISM, there will be no state! And also that the formula "By each after ability, to each after work" is NOT valid under socialism. A man who so completely has misunderstood the fundaments of Marxism can not be taken seriously.

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Summary: Trotskyite falsification of history
Review: Trotsky, objectively an enemy to socialism who allied with the Nazis against the USSR, apparently has no idea what he is talking about. Among all the lies and exaggerations are some facts too, but he interpretes them in an obviously tendentious manner and takes every mistake Stalin did as a proof of his counter-revolutionary character. For example. The 30's saw an increased productivity because of the need to prepare for the fascist war. Trotsky sees in this nothing else than an exploitation of the workers! I won't waste more of my time now, but it's also interesting to note that Trotsky actually says that under SOCIALISM, there will be no state! And also that the formula "By each after ability, to each after work" is NOT valid under socialism. A man who so completely has misunderstood the fundaments of Marxism can not be taken seriously.

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Summary: Essemtial reading in order to understand the history of USSR
Review: With hindsight, it's really quite remarkable how Trotsky was able to understand so vividly the course the Soviet Union was taking and the disastrous consequences that would then ensue. Anyone interested in the history of Stalinist Russia should at least glance through this book. Trotsky offers not only a detailed analysis of the Soviet Union under Stalin, but an interesting critique as well. Finally, perhaps the most interesting factor in Trotsky's book is how he almost seems to forecast the end of the USSR...nearly 50 years in advance.

Rating:
Summary: Essemtial reading in order to understand the history of USSR
Review: With hindsight, it's really quite remarkable how Trotsky was able to understand so vividly the course the Soviet Union was taking and the disastrous consequences that would then ensue. Anyone interested in the history of Stalinist Russia should at least glance through this book. Trotsky offers not only a detailed analysis of the Soviet Union under Stalin, but an interesting critique as well. Finally, perhaps the most interesting factor in Trotsky's book is how he almost seems to forecast the end of the USSR...nearly 50 years in advance.

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Summary: Trotsky: Mass Murderer and Liar
Review: You know, I hate to burst the bubble of devoted Trotskyites across the globe, but Trotsky was just as responsible for Stalin's rule as anyone. For Leon to blame Stalin is the height of hypocrisy. Without Lenin's apparatus of social repression and Trotsky's apparatus of military dictatorship, Stalin would never have been.
The Russian Revolution was never a win for workers. It destroyed them, some 4 million at Lenin's hands, 30 million by Stalin, and 65 million by Mao Tse-tung.

No policy or ideology that denies the soul can ever succeed. And communism does just that. By denying that which makes humans humans, it can bring only suffering.