A. J. P. Taylor, 'Trotsky Without Lenin', New Statesman (26 September 1959), p. 398
• A review of The Prophet Unarmed: Trotsky 1921–1929 by Isaac Deutscher
• A review of The Prophet Unarmed: Trotsky 1921–1929 by Isaac Deutscher
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Trotsky carried to excess the weakness of the intellectual in politics. He was ruthless in stating principles; he was soft and indifferent in questions of personality.
— A. J. P. Taylor on Leon Trotsky
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• A review of The Prophet Unarmed: Trotsky 1921–1929 by Isaac Deutscher" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About A. J. P. Taylor
Alan John Percivale Taylor (25 March 1906 – 7 September 1990) was a British historian, journalist, broadcaster and scholar. His approachably written and sometimes contentiously revisionist studies of 19th and early 20th-century subjects brought academic history to a new audience.
About A. J. P. Taylor
Alan John Percivale Taylor (25 March 1906 – 7 September 1990) was a British historian, journalist, broadcaster and scholar. His approachably written and sometimes contentiously revisionist studies of 19th and early 20th-century subjects brought academic history to a new audience.
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