September 29, 2001

Leon Trotsky

by Linda DeLaine

1879 - 1940

The Lessons of October
Written in 1924 and published in 1925, Lessons of October was intended to be a preface to Trotsky's writings on Red October, the Revolution of 1917.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1	We Must Study the October Revolution
Chapter 2	The Democratic Dictatorship of the Proletariat and Peasantry - - in February and October
Chapter 3	The Struggle Against War and Defensism
Chapter 4	The April Conference
Chapter 5	The July Days; the Kornilov Episode; the Democatic Conference and the Pre-Parliament
Chapter 6	On the Eve of the October Revolution; the Aftermath
Chapter 7	The October Insurrection and Soviet 'Legality'
Chapter 8	Again, on the Soviets and the Party in a Proletarian Revolution
Chapter 9	Epilogue

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