The Permanent Revolution

Written already in exile, “Permanent Revolution” most fully reflects the author’s views on building socialism.

A convinced revolutionary and fiery orator, Lev Davidovich Trotsky was famous for his ability to express his ideas clearly and elegantly—something plainly demonstrated in “Terrorism and Communism.” Written during the Civil War years in a train carriage, the book systematically refutes the possibility of a peaceful evolutionary transition to socialism. Trotsky traces the history of terror across all epochs of world civilization and proves that the dominance of any class was maintained through violence and repression.

This edition also includes the book “Permanent Revolution,” written already in exile.