Leon Trotsky wrote political theory, history, memoir and polemic about Marxism, revolution and the Soviet state. The History of the Russian Revolution gives a participant's detailed account of 1917, while My Life combines autobiography with political argument. The Revolution Betrayed criticises the development of Stalinist bureaucracy, and The Permanent Revolution sets out his theory of revolutionary development across national boundaries. Trotsky's writing is forceful, analytical and openly partisan rather than neutral history. The clearest browsing territory is Marxist theory, Russian revolutionary history, socialist debates and first-person political memoir. Read more Less