Book excerpt: Some 1,900 new items have been added to this revised edition, bringing the total to over 5,000 items on Trotsky and Trotskyism. The scope encompasses all aspects of Trotsky's life and work, his role in history, his ideas, his legacy and his influence. Coverage includes Trotskyist as well as anti-Trotsky and Western as well as Soviet publications. The materials are arranged by subject, and include books, reports, dissertations, pamphlets, essays, memoirs, speeches, interviews and more. Two appendices include the very latest and forthcoming items. Four indices offer numerous access points to the individual entries, which are identified by number. For political scientists, historians and Soviet specialists. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR