Joshua Rubenstein was a staff member of Amnesty International USA from 1975 to 2012 and is a longtime associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
"An accessible scholarly account of a man whose life spanned
continents, whose charisma was legendary and whose ideas sparked a
revolution and its backlash."—Kirkus Reviews
*Kirkus Reviews*
"This trim book . . . pulls together all the essentials of the life
of Leon Trotsky and the revolution he so significantly shaped into
a seamless, intelligent, and wonderfully accessible
synopsis."—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs
*Foreign Affairs*
“. . . this is both a good read and a balanced, plausible
interpretation of the man in his times. Rubenstein sees things to
admire and deplore, and achieves the mix of empathy and critical
distance a good biographer needs.”—Sheila Fitzpatrick, The
Guardian
*The Guardian*
"In this new, concise biography, Rubenstein offers a more balanced
view of Trotsky. . . . There are many reasons to commend this work
— among them, Rubenstein’s depoliticization of its subject and the
book’s succinctness and readability."—Peter Ephross, The
Forward
*The Forward*
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