The Stalin School of Falsification

The Stalin School of Falsification is a book written in 1937[1] by Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Written after Trotsky's expulsion from the Soviet Union, the book contains a detailed account of how historians chosen by Joseph Stalin rewrote revolutionary history.[2] A well-known example from the book concerns the revolutionary contributions by Trotsky himself about which Stalin had written glowingly in 1918, but whose special value he denied by 1924.[1][3]

Publication history

A translation in English by Max Shachtman was published in 1937 by Pioneer Publishers.[4] In 1974, New Park in London published another edition.[5]

References
  1. North, David (2010). In Defense of Leon Trotsky. Mehring Books. pp. vii, 44. ISBN 9781893638051.
  2. Dawsey, Jason (12 September 2018). "Trotsky's Struggle against Stalin". The National WWII Museum. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. White, James D. (1985). "Early Soviet Historical Interpretations of the Russian Revolution 1918-24". Soviet Studies. 37 (3): 330–52. doi:10.1080/09668138508411589. JSTOR 151022.
  4. "Leon Trotsky: The Stalin School of Falsification (1937)".
  5. "Publications Received". The Slavonic and East European Review. 52 (128): 479–80. 1974. JSTOR 4206939.
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