Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Formative years (1879 - 1896) Chapter 2 Political awakening (1896 - 1899) Chapter 3 Life as an emigre (1900 - 1904) Chapter 4 Dress rehearsal for revolution (1905 - 1907) Chapter 5 European sojourn (1907 - 1915) Chapter 6 The prelude to revolution (1916 - 1917) Chapter 7 Hero of the revolution (July - October 1917) Chapter 8 The problem of peace (1917 - 1918) Chapter 9 Saviour of the revolution (1918 - 1920) Chapter 10 Consolidating the Revolution (1918 - 1923) Chapter 11 Trotsky in decline (1924 - 1928) Chapter 12 A permanent exile (1928 - 1937) Chapter 12 The final years (1937 - 1940) Chapter 12 Leon Trotsky - controversies and debates