The Stalin School of Falsification

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The Stalin School of Falsification is a book written in 1937[1] by Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Written after Trotsky's expulsion from the Soviet Union, the book contains a detailed account of how historians chosen by Joseph Stalin rewrote revolutionary history.[2] A well-known example from the book concerns the revolutionary contributions by Trotsky himself about which Stalin had written glowingly in 1918, but whose special value he denied by 1924.[1][3]

Publication history

A translation in English by Max Shachtman was published in 1937 by Pioneer Publishers.[4] In 1974, New Park in London published another edition.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b North, David (2010). In Defense of Leon Trotsky. Mehring Books. pp. vii, 44. ISBN 9781893638051.
  2. ^ Dawsey, Jason (12 September 2018). "Trotsky's Struggle against Stalin". The National WWII Museum. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. ^ White, James D. (1985). "Early Soviet Historical Interpretations of the Russian Revolution 1918-24". Soviet Studies. 37 (3): 330–52. doi:10.1080/09668138508411589. JSTOR 151022.
  4. ^ "Leon Trotsky: The Stalin School of Falsification (1937)".
  5. ^ "Publications Received". The Slavonic and East European Review. 52 (128): 479–80. 1974. JSTOR 4206939.