Leon Trotsky and World War One : August 1914 - February 1917

The First World War was one of the most important events of the 20th-century.

It was also a crucial period in Leon Trotsky's political biography.

This work is the first comprehensive examination of Trotsky's writings of 1914-1917 and the context in which they were produced.

Its findings challenge Trotsky's autobiography and the standard account by Isaac Deutscher.

Trotsky's war-time journalism is shown to be of continuing relevance to contemporary issues ranging from European unity to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans.