Introducing Trotsky and Marxism Author:Tariq Ali Together with Lenin, Trotsky was one of the architects of the Russian Revolution. A great orator, a skillful military tactician, a gifted historian and an unpredictable cultural theorist, Trotsky was brought down by inner-party factionalism, exiled and then executed by Stalin. Introducing Trotsky and Marxism shows how Trotsky's prophetic ins... more »ights foresaw the rise of Hitler and the price humanity would have to pay.« less