CHRISTOPHER Z. HOBSON has been active in the left and socialist movements for over twenty-five years. He has written extensively in the socialist press and, since 1974, has been active in the Revolutionary Socialist League.RONALD D. TABOR is an editor of the socialist newspaper the Torch/La Antorcha and the author of numerous pamphlets on socialist thought.

• Introduction Part I: The Formative Years of the Trotskyist tovement Part II: The "Russian Question" Part III: The Trotskyist Movement in Crisis Epilogue Appendix I: The Law of Value and How It Operates in Russia Appendix II: Strategy and Tactics in World War II Appendix III: Trotskyism and the Bolivian Revolution, 1952-1953

CHRISTOPHER Z. HOBSON has been active in the left and socialist movements for over twenty-five years. He has written extensively in the socialist press and, since 1974, has been active in the Revolutionary Socialist League.RONALD D. TABOR is an editor of the socialist newspaper the Torch/La Antorcha and the author of numerous pamphlets on socialist thought.

• Introduction Part I: The Formative Years of the Trotskyist tovement Part II: The "Russian Question" Part III: The Trotskyist Movement in Crisis Epilogue Appendix I: The Law of Value and How It Operates in Russia Appendix II: Strategy and Tactics in World War II Appendix III: Trotskyism and the Bolivian Revolution, 1952-1953