Isaac Deutscher (3 April 1907 – 19 August 1967) was a Polish-born Jewish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom at the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer of Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin and as a commentator on Soviet affairs. His three-volume biography of Trotsky, in particular, was highly influential among the British New Left.
Read more about Isaac Deutscher: Early Life, Poland, Move To UK and Journalism (1939 – 1947), Biographer and Academic (1948 – 1967), In Relation To Judaism and Zionism, Selected Works
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