This book reveals, from the perspective of one of its central actors, the Russian Revolution's profoundly democratic, emancipatory character. "The history of a revolution is for us first of all," Leon Trotsky writes, "the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of their own destiny."

Includes index.

v.1. The overthrow of tzarism -- v.2 The attempted counterrevolution -- v.3. The triumph of the soviets.