... most prominent literary intellectuals in history. His affinity to words allowed him to rally entire audiences for his cause with a single speech. -By securing the Red Army Trotsky ensured that the Bolsheviks would stay in power. -Economically he took advantage of the starving state of the masses, the Russian economy was getting worse and to promise the people food was cunning. C. Evaluation of Sources -the sources I have chosen so far suit the topic well. -I have included almost all of the plausible perspectives including Trotsky's own from his numerous books, modern historian's and past historians from both the non-partisan, Soviet and Bolshevik viewpoints. These older primary perspectives provide an invaluable addition to my investigation. -Trotsky's The history of the Russian Revolution is perhaps the most important of all my sources because it is the first person perspective of the revolution from Trotsky himself who has already been described as the most important single ...

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