Reply #45: Have you read alot into that period? [View All]

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I haven't read, but rather heard, that Trotsky loved to watch warfare up close, often ending up standing in the middle.

What is the subject matter of "Revolution Betrayed"... I gathered the impression that Lenin's advocation of a dictatorship bothered Trotsky to at least a minimal degree, so I wonder?

Paraphrase of one exchange that comes to mind, I believe it was during one of the first congresses:

Trotsky: But what you advocate is a dictatorship?

Lenin: It is the only way.

Thanks.