by Grigory Ziv
Grisha Ziv knew Trotsky (then Lyova Bronstein) when they were both young radicals in the Russian Empire. Years later, in 1921, he published a critical pamphlet about his former friend, who had played a leading role in the recent Bolshevik Revolution. This book has long provided essential material for Trotsky’s biographers: here it is translated into English for the first time. This publication includes a detailed introduction presenting new research about Ziv’s political activity, writings, and later life in New York.