Trotsky: A Biography (Robert Service)

Of the evil genius of Russian Communism, of the utopianism that drives the Left, and of how the search for transcendence is the driver of most modern political action. (This article was first published December 29, 2018.)

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"I continue to be fascinated by the Bolshevik Revolution, because in its success there are many lessons. Unbiased history and biography of the Bolsheviks is a relatively recent phenomenon; prior to 1991, a combination of lack of primary materials and philo-Communism among Western historians meant very few objective books were published. Since 1991, though, the balance has shifted, even if plenty of Communist-loving propaganda is still published by major historians, because the global Left has always, and continues to, fully support the goals and methods of Communism. They mostly just keep it a bit more quiet in public than they used to." . . .