It opens with a discussion about Trotsky's life accomplishments and then moves into a brief biography of his entire life. It finishes with the reason he did not win the bid to succeed Lenin when he died.
Bibliography lists five sources.
Bibliography includes 8 sources. This 5 page report discusses John Reed s 1934 account of the Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Reed was an unapologetic communist before communism became demonized. His book and Reed himself, have inspired a great deal of controversy. No doubt, readers would see the corrupt sides of the Revolution if Reed s book had gone further than the October Revolution.