List of books by Leon Trotsky
The following is a chronological list of books by Leon Trotsky, including hardcover books and pamphlets published by this Marxist theoretician during his life and posthumously during the years immediately following his assassination in the summer of 1940. Included are the original Russian or German language titles and publication information as well as the name and publication information of the first English language edition.
This material represents a small fraction of the myriad of articles published by Trotsky during his life and afterwards, with the complete 1972 bibliography by Louis Sinclair running to nearly 1,100 printed pages.[1]
Books and pamphlets
Source (unless otherwise noted): Baruch Knei-Paz, The Social and Political Thought of Leon Trotsky. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1978; pp. 601-605.
Pre-revolutionary period (1903-1916)
1. Vtoroi S"ezd RSDRP: Otchet Sibirskoi Delegatsii (The Second Congress of the RSDRP: Report of the Siberian Delegation). Geneva: 1903.
- English translation: Report of the Siberian Delegation. London: New Park Publications, 1979.
2. Nashi Politicheskye Zadachi (Our Political Tasks). Geneva: 1904.
- English translation: Our Political Tasks. London: New Park Publications, n.d. [c. 1979].
3. Do 9-go Ianvaria (Until the 9th of January). Geneva: 1905.
4. Nasha Revoliutsiia (Our Revolution). St. Petersburg: 1906.
5. Istoriia Soveta Rabochikh Deputatov v Gorode Sanktpeterburga (History of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies in the City of St. Petersburg). (Editor.) St. Petersburg: 1906.
6. V Zashchitu Partiii (In Defense of the Party). St. Petersburg: 1907.
7. Der Krieg und die Internatsionale (The War and the International). Zurich: 1914.[2]
- English translation: The Bolsheviki and World Peace. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918.
Revolutionary period (1917-1928)
8. Programma Mira (The Program of Peace). Petrograd: 1917.
9. Istoriia Oktiabrskoi Revoliutsii (History of the October Revolution). Petrograd: 1918.
- English translation: The History of the Russian Revolution to Brest-Litovsk. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1919.
10. Itogi i Perspektivy (Results and Prospects). Moscow: 1919.
- English translation: The Permanent Revolution and Results and Prospects. London: 1962.
11. Godi Velikogo Pereloma: Liudi Staroi i Novoi Epokh (Years of the Great Break: The People of the Old and New Epochs). Moscow: 1919.
12. Tuda i Obratno (There and Back Again). Petrograd: 1920.
13. Terrorizm i Kommunizm (Terrorism and Communism). Petrograd: 1920.
- English translation: The Defense of Terrorism: Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Kautsky. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1935.
14. Novyi Etap (The New Stage). Moscow: 1921.
15. Mezhdu Imperializmom i Revoiutsiei (Between Imperialism and Revolution). Moscow: 1922.
16. Voprosy Byta (Questions of Life). Moscow: 1923.
- English translation: Problems of Life. London: Methuen & Co., 1924.
17. Kommunisticheskoe Dvizhenie vo Frantsii (The Communist Movement in France). Moscow: 1923.
18. Literatura i Revoliutsiia (Literature and Revolution). Moscow: 1923.
- English translation: Literature and Revolution. New York: International Publishers, 1925.
19. Voina i Revoliutsiia (The War and the Revolution). In two volumes. Moscow: 1923-1924.
20. Kak Vooruzhalas' Revoliutsiia (How the Revolution Armed Itself). Three volumes in five parts. Moscow: 1923-1925.
- English translation: How the Revolution Armed. In five volumes. London: New Park, 1973.
21. Pokolenie Oktiabria (The October Generation). Moscow: 1924.
22. Zapad i Vostok (West and East). Moscow: 1924.
23. Piat' Let Kominterna (Five Years of the Comintern). Moscow: 1924.
- English translation: The First Five Years of the Communist International. In two volumes. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1945, 1953.
24. Novyi Kurs (The New Course). Moscow: 1924.
- English translation: The New Course.
25. O Lenine: Materialy dlia Biografa (On Lenin: Material for a Biography). Moscow: 1924.
- English translation: Lenin.
26. Uroki Oktiabria (Lessons of October). Berlin: 1925.[3]
- English translation: Lessons of October.
27. 1905 goda (1905). Moscow: 1925.
- English translation: 1905. New York: Random House, 1971.
28. Kuda Idet Angliia? (Where is England Going?) Moscow: 1926.
29. Evropa i Amerika (Europe and America). Moscow: 1926.
30. Towards Socialism or Capitalism? London: 1926.
31. The Real Situation in Russia. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1928.
Exile period (1929-1940)
32. Chto i Kak Proizoshlo? (What Happened and How?) Paris: 1929.
33. Moia Zhizn' (My Life). Berlin: 1930.
- English translation: My Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930.
34. Permanentnaia Revoliutsiia (The Permanent Revolution). Berlin: 1930.
- English translation: The Permanent Revolution.
35. Istoriia Russkoi Revoliutsii (History of the Russian Revolution). In two volumes. Berlin: 1931 and 1933.
- English translation: History of the Russian Revolution. In three volumes. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1932.
36. Nemetskaia Revoliutsiia i Stalinskaia Biurokratiia (The German Revolution and the Stalinist Bureaucracy). Berlin: 1932.
37. Problems of Chinese Revolution. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1932.
38. Stalinskaia Shkola Falsifikatsii (The Stalinist School of Falsification). Berlin: 1932.
- The Stalin School of Falsification. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1932.
39. What Hitler Wants. New York: John Day Company, 1933.[4]
40. The Only Road. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1933.
41. Chetvertyi Internatsional i Voina (The Fourth International and War). Geneva: 1934.
42. Vie de Lenine: Jeunesse. Paris: 1936.
- English translation: The Young Lenin. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., 1972.
43. The Third International After Lenin. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1936.
44. The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where is It Going? New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1937.
45. The Case of Leon Trotsky: Report of Hearings on the Charges Made Against Him at the Moscow Trials: Verbatum Transcript of Trotsky's Testimony Before the Dewey Commission, Coyoacan, Mexico, April 10-17, 1937. (John Dewey and Suzanne LaFollette et al., eds.). New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1937.
46. The Living Thoughts of Karl Marx: Based on Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. (Editor.) London: Cassell and Co., 1940.
Posthumous publications (1941-1946)
47. Stalin: An Appraisal of the Man and His Influence [1941]. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1946.[5]
48. In Defense of Marxism. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1942.
See also
- History of the Russian Revolution
- Literature and Revolution
- My Life
- The Permanent Revolution
- The Revolution Betrayed
Footnotes
- ↑ See: Louis Sinclair, Leon Trotsky: A Bibliography. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1972.
- ↑ First complete Russian edition in Voina i Revoliutsiia, vol. 1 (1923), per Knei-Paz, The Social and Political Thought of Leon Trotsky, pg. 603.
- ↑ First published as introduction to Trotsky's Sochineniia (Works), vol. 3, pt. 1, pp. ix-lxvii. See: Knei-Paz, The Social and Political Thought of Leon Trotsky, pg. 604.
- ↑ Trotsky, Leon (1933). What Hitler Wants. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Readied for publication in 1941, shelved until 1946 due to wartime political concerns.