Table of Contents

Glossary. Who's Who. Part 1: Introduction. Part 2: A Revolutionary Life in Russia. Chapter 1: Developing a World View. Chapter 2: The Triumph of the 'Worker Intellectual'. Chapter 3: Living the Revolution. Chapter 4: Defending the Revolution. Chapter 5: Building a Workers' Economy. Chapter 6: Combating Thermidor. Notes. Documents. Part 3: Conclusion.

About the Author

Geoffrey Swain is the Alec Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow. He has written extensively on the modern history of Russia and Eastern Europe, including biographies of the dissident communists Trotsky (2006) and Tito (2011).