Review of 'The Bolsheviks come to power' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
absurdly detailed. Trotsky's history should be mandatory reading (for all readers, not just those interested in the Russian Revolution) but the more involved political and logistical detail evades Trotsky's necessarily more polemical swaggering tone. There are advantages and disadvantages here, this can often be hard going, but the rewards in terms of, what seems to me anyway, to be a clear and comprehensive view of the period at just over 300 pages, very much worth it
absurdly detailed. Trotsky's history should be mandatory reading (for all readers, not just those interested in the Russian Revolution) but the more involved political and logistical detail evades Trotsky's necessarily more polemical swaggering tone. There are advantages and disadvantages here, this can often be hard going, but the rewards in terms of, what seems to me anyway, to be a clear and comprehensive view of the period at just over 300 pages, very much worth it