In Defence of Marxism

This book is regarded as one of Trotsky's finest works. It is a product of a sharp polemic within the American Trotskyist movement during the period 1939-40. This was a dispute which touched on the very fundamentals of Marxism. The issues covered concern the essence of Marxist theory and deal with such questions as: The class nature of the Soviet state The defence of the Soviet Union against imperialist attack Bolshevik principles of organisation Dialectical Materialism