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The Stalin J school 0 falsification The Stalin J school 0 falsification BY LEON TROTSKY ---------1. Pathfinder J..----- New York London Montreal Sydney Translated by John G. Wright Annotated by Max Shachtman Copyright© 1937, 1971, 2004 by Pathfinder Press All rights reserved ISBN 978-0-87348-881-5 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 99-74733 Manufactured in Canada First edition, 1937 Second edition, 1962 Third edition, 1972 Fourth edition, 2004 Seventh printing, 2021 COVER DESIGN: Eva Braiman COVER PHOTOGRAPHS: Two versions of the same 1920 photo of V.I. Lenin, at left. The crudely doctored version below eliminates Leon Trotsky and another person. (David King Collection) PATHFINDER www.pathfinderpress.com E-mail: [email protected] Contents Publisher's note to the fourth edition 9 Foreword to the American edition 11 Foreword to the Russian edition 19 Letter to the Bureau of Party History 25 Some documents relating to the origin of the legend of 'Trotskyism' 125 The lost document 137 Two speeches at the session of the Central Control Commission 165 The war danger-the defense policy and the Opposition 205 A contribution to the political biography of Stalin 223 How the October insurrection actually took place 249 APPENDIX: Stalin and the Red Army by N. Markin 255 The March 1917 party conference 283 Explanatory notes 361 APPENDIX TO THE FOURTH EDITION: On the suppressed testament of Lenin by Leon Trotsky 391 Notes to 'On the suppressed testament of Lenin' 433 Index 435 An illustration of the Stalinist doctoring of history similar to that on the cover. Top picture shows Lenin speaking while Trotsky and Kamenev wait their turn. Lower picture, taken within a few seconds of upper one, has been retouched to eliminate Trotsky and Kamenev. Publisher's note to the fourth edition This new edition of The Stalin School of Falsification is be ing brought out just as it was originally published in 193 7 under Trotsky's supervision, with new typography and a new cover. We have added to this edition Trotsky's 1932 article "On the suppressed testament of Lenin." It is in cluded as an appendix following the Explanatory notes. Steve Clark APRIL 2004 9
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