How the Revolution Armed: Military Writings and Speeches of Leon Trotsky: vol. 4, 1921-1923

This is the fourth of five volumes containing Trotsky’s speeches, articles and documents on the Red Army during 1918-1923, the years of civil war and bitter fighting against intervention by the imperialist armies. Essential material on the history of the Russian Revolution, this is also one of the major military works of the twentieth century. First published in Russian in 1923 and then suppressed by Stalin, these writings represent an invaluable documentary record.