Written by two long-time scholar/activists, this book is a detailed history of the Trotskyist movement set against the background of the Russian Revolution and the evolution of Soviet society. As the first comprehensive study of the subject in English, Trotskyism and the Dilemma of Socialism traces the ideas and activities of the Trotskyist movement over six decades and five continents. The history is paced within the context of the attempts by Trotsky and the movement to understand the nature of the evolving Soviet society, as in Trotsky's theory of the degenerated workers' state. Particularly valuable is the authors' in-depth analysis of the Soviet economy.

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.