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Bio-Bibl Deutscher I
Bio-Bibl Deutscher I
Contents:
# Basic biographical data
# Biographical sketch
# Some assessments and appraisals
# Selective bibliography
# Notes on archives
Biographical sketch
1
This term "denotes a type of Jew who adopts a universal outlook in response to the condition of Jewish marginality, and feels
compelled to discard Jewish identity in order to achieve revolutionary goals. Isaac Deutscher originated the term and epitomizes the archetype."
[Muraskin, Bennett: Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967), in: Outlook / Canadian Jewish Outlook Society, 2001 (Jan./Febr.)
ism and the reputation of Trotsky did not vanish into oblivion but was snatched from being besmirched;
hence, it was Isaac Deutscher who threw a bridge between non-Stalinist pre-War Marxism and the New
Left arising in the early Sixties. However, Deutscher mostly fell between two stools: for the Moscow-
oriented communists, he was a dangerous and unpleasant renegade whereas for many conservatives and
liberals, he was a crypto-communist or at least a tool of the Kremlin; and for a quite considerable
number of 'orthodox' Trotskyists, representing different factions and tendencies within the international
Trotskyist community, he became a target of some vitriolic and one-sided criticism, culminating in the
verdict that he was a Stalinist or at least a lakey of Stalinism. Perhaps it is correct to characterize him
as a heretic – but not a renegade – in a way a quadruple heretic: one who first renounced orthodox Juda-
ism and Zionism, then bourgeois Weltanschaung, then Stalinist communism and eventually orthodox
Trotskyism. A never wavering humanist and a faithful Marxist to the end, Deutscher, in the 1950s and
1960s (and, of course, beyond), had a considerable intellectual influence on many people who could asso-
ciate neither with Western apologists of Cold War nor with Stalinism and reformism; and it is not unlikely
that more people – particularly from middle class milieu – became Trotskyists or at least sympathizers
of Trotskyism rather by the work of Isaac Deutscher than by the action of those Trotskyists (or, 'Trotsky-
ists', if you like) who used to attack him so vigorously2.
Our biographical sketch is based on the material listed in the final paragraphs of the Selected biblio-
graphy section.
Family
Isaac Deutscher was born on April 3, 1907 in Chrzanów, near Kraków [Cracow], Poland 3, as the eldest
son of Jacob Deutscher4, a printer and publisher, and his (second) wife, Gustawa Deutscher (b. Jolles).
In 1947, Isaac Deutscher married Tamara Lebenhaft (1913 - 1990) 5, a teacher, journalist and literary critic
of Jewish-Polish origin who had left Poland first for Belgium and then for Britain. In 1950, the couple
got one child, Martin Charles. From the 1940s, the Deutschers were British citizens.
2
For the quite different and controversial Trotskyist assessments of Isaac Deutscher see the paragraphs Posthumous works and works
on Deutscher and Some assessments and appraisals of our biographical sketch
3
Situated in northwestern Galicia which at that time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and in 1919 became part of the
independent Polish Republic
4
Both parents of Isaac Deutscher became victims of the Holocaust and disappeared in Auschwitz during World War II. Also his
younger brother and his younger sister perished.
5
Tamara Deutscher (Lebenhaft) came from an atheist and socialist Jewish family. She studied mathematics and history. Undoubtedly,
she played a quite decisive role with regard to Isaac Deutscher's life and work; with Ken Tarbuck's words: "Yet from the time of their marriage
Tamara demonstrated an unswerving devotion to socialism and the ideas which Isaac held. This, however, was not a case of a woman
subordinating herself to her husband. At every turn it was clear that she was totally committed to socialism in her own right. Their marriage
became a true intellectual partnership, the products of which began to appear with the publication of Isaac's biography of Stalin which was
published in 1949. Tamara subordinated her own career as a writer to that of Isaac, acting as his research assistant and, more importantly,
as his collaborator in the fullest sense. It is clear that without her active, dedicated help the Isaac Deutscher that we knew from his writings
would not have existed. [...] There was physical evidence of this close collaboration in the Deutscher's study. Two desks faced each other that
enabled an easy flow of materials and ideas between them. Isaac's desk remained in place after his death, obviously giving support and comfort
to Tamara in the years of widowhood that followed." [Tarbuck, Ken: Tamara Deutscher (1913-1990), in: Revolutionary History, 3.1991 (3),
p. 43]. For some further appreciations of Tamara Deutscher see for example the obituaries by Daniel Singer (Tamara Deutscher, in: The
Independent, 1990, Aug. 10) and of Ralph Miliband (An historic partnership, in: The Guardian, 1990, Aug. 9)
sidered a sort of infant prodigy and destined to become a Talmudic scholar one day, he first attended a
local Jewish school being a brilliant student of Talmud and Torah, and then a gymnasium in Cracow
where the family settled from 1923. However, already in the age of puberty, Isaac Deutscher rejected
Jewish religiosity, became an atheist and began to break off what he considered oppressing chains with
regard to his self-determination and further intellectual development – that was his first 'heresy'6. More
or less fluent in several languages (Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish, German, French, and Latin), he read
extensively, and as an extra-mural student of literature, philosophy and history at the Uniwersytet
Jagiellónski (Jagellionian University) at Cracow he began to write, translate (into Polish) and publish
poetry, soon making a reputation among the literary avant-garde, students and intellectuals of the city;
he also began to cope with subjects of literary and theatrical criticism and later even made interviews with
Thomas Mann and Stefan Zeromski.
6
"Yet the father remained a deeply religious man, and he brought up Isaac in the same spirit. Isaac attended a Yehiva and was
known as an Ilui (a youthful genius, in free translation) before his Bar Mitzvah. To seek secular education was a break with tradition in his
family. Still wearing his ringlets and Hassidic garb, he passed the entrance examination at the local Polish high school and soon mastered
Polish to perfection. Later on he made use of the extra-mural facilities of the University of Cracow. He had his teachers and mentors in those
days, but he is essentially a self-educated man, with all the strengths and weaknesses of this type of scholar." [Goldsmith, Samuel Joseph: Isaac
Deutscher : the original sovietologist, in: Goldsmith, Samuel Joseph: Twenty 20th century Jews, New York, NY, 1962, p. 38]
7
A newspaper of Zionist orientation. One of the paper's correspondents, Bernard Singer, became a life-long friend of Deutscher.
8
Goldsmith, Samuel Joseph: Isaac Deutscher : the original sovietologist, in: Goldsmith, Samuel Joseph: Twenty 20th century Jews,
New York, NY, 1962, p. 39
the Polish CP in 19319 and, of course, by the strong influence of Leon Trotsky who tirelessly attacked
Stalin’s regime in the USSR and Comintern's stupid course of 'social fascism', particularly in Germany,
in innumerable pamphlets and articles, e.g. in his Biulleten’ oppozitsii10 which Deutscher was a reader
of. Like Trotsky, Deutscher strongly advocated a united workers' front against the danger of fascism.
Within the Polish CP, Deutscher began to organize a small anti-Stalinist faction, challenging the party
leadership and of course the Comintern. He factually became a Trotskyist – a 'heretic' once more, this
time a 'heretic' from (Stalinist) communism. Eventually, after having written an article about the danger
of a new barbarism in Europe (in case of a Nazi victory in Germany), objecting the policy of the
Comintern and of the German CP in view of the rise of Nazism, which was published under his
pseudonym A. Krakowski in a Polish-Yiddish paper, Literarishe bleter [Literary Leaves], Deutscher was
expelled from the Polish CP in November 1932 for exaggerating the danger of fascism and for spreading
panic among the workers. From that time, he was considered by the Kremlin and by all brands of Stalinist
communism as a dangerous renegade, defector and traitor. Those Polish communists who were in
solidarity with Deutscher’s vitriolic criticsm and his warnings, were excluded from the party, too.
Deutscher together with other expellees formed the nucleus of a Polish Left Opposition (Bolshevik-
Leninists) which immediately was greeted by Trotsky11 who emphasized their double persecution by the
henchmen both of Pilsudski and of Stalin. Deutscher belonged – together with Hersh Mendel (Sztokfisz),
Solomon Ehrlich and Stefan Lamed – to the leadership of the Polish Trotskyist group at that time which
only in 1934 formally affiliated as a section with Trotsky's International Communist League (ICL).
Trotsky's so-called 'French turn' (i.e. orientation towards entryist tactics) caused some trouble inside the
Polish group, a majority of which eventually agreed with Trotsky. Thus, most of the Jewish (and Yiddish-
speaking) members joined the ranks of the Bund, an anti-Zionist Jewish workers' organization, whereas
most of the Polish (or, Polish-speaking) members – including Deutscher – joined the ranks (from 1935
to 1937) of the Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (PPS, Polish Socialist Party), by far the largest of the
socialist parties of the country which also dominated the trade union movement. The Polish Bolshevik-
Leninists remained a rather small group which in 1938 claimed a membership of only some 350 mili-
tants12.
Still working as a proofreader, Deutscher tirelessly continued his studies and research work. As a conse-
quence from dictatorship, censorship, and last not least from World War, only few of Deutscher’s
writings from his Polish period have survived13, e.g. a booklet about the first Moscow trial14. After having
left the PPS, Deutscher "to have a platform he now had to set up one on his own, a monthly called
Widnokrcg (i.e. Horizon). It was almost literally a one-man show."15
9
During his visit to the USSR, Deutscher was offered the post of a Professor at Moscow University, but he denied.
10
For more details about this mouthpiece of Trotsky see the feature on Biulleten' Oppozitsii, published within the framework of our
LubitzTrotskyanaNet website
11
T[rotsky], L[eon]: Privet pol'skoi levoi oppozitsii!, in: Biulleten' oppozitsii (bol'shevikov-lenintsev) = Bulletin der Opposition
(Bolschewiki-Leninisten), 1932 (29/30), pp. 18-19. For English version see T[rotsky], L[eon]: Greetings to the Polish Left Opposition, in:
Trotsky, Leon: Writings of Leon Trotsky [1932], New York, NY, 193, pp. 180-181.
12
See Alexander, Robert J.: International Trotskyism, 1929-1985 : a documented analysis of the movement, Durham and London,
1991, p. 650
13
For more details see Singer, Daniel: Armed with a pen : notes for a political portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the
man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 36
14
Deutscher, I.: Proces Moskiewski. - Warszawa : Tow. Wyd. "²wiato", [1936]. - 32 pp.
15
Singer, Daniel: Armed with a pen : notes for a political portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work
/ ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 34
The question of whether a new, Fourth International (FI) should be launched or not, was controversially
discussed within the ranks of the Polish Trotskyists16. Deutscher was one of those arguing against the
proclamation of such a body at that time because he held that the conditions for its success did not already
exist17, a position which was shared by the majority of the Polish section; thus, the two Polish delegates
to the founding congress of the Fourth International, held at Périgny near Paris in September 1938, voted
– together with one of the French delegates, Yvan Craipeau – against the proclamation of the FI. How-
ever, the Polish Trotskyists remained faithful, and loyally respected the discipline of the International.
During the German occupation and the Nazi terror against the Jewish and Polish population, almost the
entire Polish Trotskyist movement was physically wiped out, with the exception of only a handful sur-
viving militants18. It should be added here, that in 1938 the International Executive Committee of the
Stalinist Comintern dissolved the KPP on the charge that it was thoroughly infiltrated by secret police
agents, saboteurs, etc. Most of those hitherto party leaders who lived in Russian exile, were executed or
deported to Siberian forced-labour camps. Some two decades later, Isaac Deutscher, in a long interview
conducted by K.S. Karol, dealt with the stirring fate of the Polish CP before the War19.
16
See for example Singer, Daniel: Armed with a pen : notes for a political portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man
and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 34
17
"[...] the three previous Internationals had all been proclaimed in period when the workers and revolutionary movements were
on the upswing, and their establishment had thrown terror into the capitalist ruling class. In contrast, in 1938 there was a conservative and
reactionary trend which would mean that the proclamation of a new revolutionary International would have little impact. This was particularly
the case [...] because of the exceedingly small size of the groups and parties making up the International. Unlike each of its three predecessors,
the Fourth International had no major national working-class or revolutionary group associated with it." [Alexander, Robert J.: International
Trotskyism, 1929-1985 : a documented analysis of the movement, Durham and London, 1991, p. 651]
18
It should be noted that a tiny but heroic group of Jewish Trotskyists functioned in the Warsaw ghetto before it was liquidated by
the Nazis; the group in 1940 and 1941 was even able to illegally produce some 8 issues of Czerwony sztander [Red Flag] and 8 issues of
Przeglad marksistowski [Marxist Review]. See Alexander, Robert J.: International Trotsykism, Durham, NC [etc.], 1991, p.651 and Lubitz,
Wolfgang and Petra: Trotskyist serials bibliography, München [etc.], 1993, p. 70 and p. 215
19
The interview was first published in vol. 13 of the French journal Les Temps modernes; an English version with title The tragedy
of the Polish Communist Party was published in Deutscher, Isaac: Marxism in our time / ed. by Tamara Deutscher, London, 1972, pp.113-160,
and earlier as a pamphlet: The tragedy of Polish communism between the wars, [London], 1956, 36 pp.
20
We are unable to determine whether or not the statement is correct that Deutscher "for a while joined the Trotskyist Revolutionary
Workers League" in London (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Deutscher, as viewed on Nov, 10, 2005)
21
As already mentioned above, Deutscher since 1925 had worked as a proofreader at (and sporadically was contributing to) Nasz
preglcd. With the outbreak of World War II, however, Deutscher was cut off from his income.
brilliant style, as almost all reviewers of his works – including many of his adversaries – emphasized. Al-
ready in 1939/40, Deutscher was successful in contributing a few articles to the renowned liberal
newspaper The Economist, before he interrupted his journalistic work volunteering from 1940 to early
1942 to serve in the Polish Exile Army in Scotland22.
Deutscher as journalist
In 1942, Deutscher started a quite remarkable career as a Fleet Street journalist by joining the editorial
staff of The Economist, soon advancing to the paper's foremost expert on Soviet and East European affairs
and one of its principal military commentators. He held the post at The Economist until 1949. At the same
time (and until 1947) he also was a member of the editorial board of The Observer, another renowned
liberal newspaper23. The total number of articles which Deutscher penned for The Observer and The Eco-
nomist – many of them appearing anonymously or signed by "The Editors" or "A special correspondent"
– probably exceeds 1,00024. A good deal of his articles in The Observer were published under his pen-
name Peregrine; as journalist on The Obersver, he functioned as roving European (continental) correspon-
dent, and at the same time enjoyed a column of his own, "Peregrine's European notebook". Recognised
as a very authority on Soviet and European matters and on the history of the Russian revolution,
Deutscher more or less frequently penned syndicated articles – probably more than 150 – which appeared
in various renowned British and American papers – thus for example in The Manchester Guardian
(1953-?), The Reporter (1949-1961), The Nation (1965-1966), The Statesman – as well as in leading
newspapers in some fifteen continental European countries, in India and in Japan.
22
Under General Sikorski, parts of the Polish Army could escape from Nazi-occupied France to Britain where they were regrouped
in Scotland. However, as we know from Tamara Deutscher, Isaac had to spent most of his military life in the punitive camps before he was
released in 1942. It goes without saying that for a critical Marxist Jew like Deutscher, the Polish Exile Army in which the spirit of Polish
nationalism and anti-Semitism was predominant, was no place to make a career. See also Singer, Daniel: Armed with a pen : notes for a political
portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 38
23
Another prominent non-British journalist in the editorial staff of The Observer was Sebastian Haffner (ps. of Raimund Pretzel,
1907-1999) who had come to England as a refugee from Germany. Whereas Deutscher contributed as a faithful Marxist to this liberal organ,
Haffner did so from a rather conservative, however strictly anti-fascist point of view. He later should become one of the most renowned
journalists and commentators in Germany
24
According to Syré, Ludger: Isaac Deutscher : Marxist, Publizist, Historiker, Hamburg, 1984, p. 400.
have been – Deutscher now was considered as an eminent expert on the Soviet Union, by some as a
'Kremlinologist' or 'Sovietologue', whose opinions were noted and which, of course, caused many discus-
sions and controversies25.
— Other book publications
His reputation as an outstanding writer and historian even increased by a number of historico-political
books which he wrote during the 18 years between the publishing his Stalin and his death in 1967; most
of these book publications were focusing on the Soviet Union, the Russian revolution, Stalinism, Maoism,
and the Cold War; some of the books were thematical or chronological collections of essays, lectures or
interviews originally published in various sources and countries. To mention only the most eminent
books26:
– The Soviet trade unions (1950),
– Russia after Stalin (1953),
– Heretics and renegades27 (1955), a collection of essays on Marx, Trotsky, Carr, Stalin, the Beria affair
and other topics,
– Russia in transition (1957), a collection of essays on post-Stalinism, on Khrushchev, Marx, Trotsky,
Carr, Orwell and other topics,
– The great contest - Russia and the West (1960), a compilation of lectures delivered at various Canadian
universities in 1959 on invitation of the Dafoe Foundation and the Canadian Institute of Interna-
tional Affairs,
– Ironies of history - essays on contemporary communism (1966), a collection of essays about Stalinism
and De-Stalinization, the Russian revolution, Stalin, Khrushchev, Lenin, Mao, Trotsky,
Pasternak, Vietnam and other topics,
– The unfinished revolution - Russia 1917-1967 (1967), an edited version of his George Macaulay
Trevelyan Lectures delivered at the University of Cambridge in early 1967 and at the same time
a definitive summing up of Deutscher's views on the Russian revolution,
– The Non-Jewish Jew and other essays (1968), published posthumously, edited and introduced by
Tamara Deutscher, this collection contains some fundamental essays from Deutscher's pen about
Jewishness, the Jewish question and about the Israeli-Arab war of June 1967, inter alia The Non-
Jewish Jew, originally being Deutscher's address delivered at the Jewish World Congress in
February 1958. The term "Non-Jewish Jew", coined by Deutscher to characterize those great
humanists of Jewish origin (e.g. Spinoza, Marx, Trotsky, Luxemburg, Freud) who once had
transcended the narrow boundaries of Jewishness and the confines of Jewish tradition, exactly
25
"Some of Deutscher's analytical forecasts and assumptions were soon to become truisms. At the time, when the orthodox view
was that Stalinism was eternal and unalterable, they appeared as a dangerous heresy." [Singer, Daniel: Armed with a pen : notes for a political
portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 46]
26
For a fairly complete listing see the sub-paragraph on Books/pamphlets (co-)authored by Deutscher within our Selective biblio-
graphy below. Please note, that most of the titles listed here were published in different British and American editions, that there often have
been later editions and prints as well as pocket book editions, sometimes with varying title proper, and that most of the books have been
translated into various Western European languages and some even into Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Greek, Farsi, and Hebrew. Unfortunately,
we lack reliable information about the total print-run of all of Deutscher's writings, but - conservatively estimated - we would like to guess that
the total of Deutscher books sold must be a six-part number. The 3 volumes of the original British edition of the Trotsky biography alone were
sold about 6,000 times, some of the pocket book editions, however, had considerably bigger print-runs. With regard to languages/translations
see also the introductory remarks to our Selective bibliography
27
For Deutscher, both terms were crucial. He "draw a vital distinction between 'heretics and renegades', since he was to pour scorn
over the latter, who had broken with Stalinism allegedly in the name of socialist purity, only to become the uncritical servants of the capitalist
establishment [...]" [Singer, Daniel : Armed with a pen : notes for a political portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his
work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 30]
28
[Anon.]: Deutscher, Isaac, in: World authors 1950-1970 / ed. by John Wakeman, New York, NY, 1975, pp. 385
29
Additionally, in 1991, a Russian-language 'pirate edition' of The Prophet outcast, introduced and commented by N.A. Vasetskii
was published in Moscow with title Trotskii v izgnanii. In 1999, a Chinese translation of the entire trilogy was published in Beijing
30
It was only in 1988 that another full-scale Trotsky biography appeared, which could be considered congenial: the scholarly
magnum opus Trotsky by the French Trotskyist historian Pierre Broué. For more information about this outstanding Marxist and about his
Trotsky as well as about Broué's assessment of Deutscher and his trilogy, we would like to refer to the Broué chapter within our Lubitz
TrotskyanaNet website
31
Within the framework of the Research Facilities chapter our Lubitz TrotskyanaNet website we are providing a feature about this
unique archival collection
Other activities
However, Deutscher's considerable publicity in the 1950s and 1960s was not only based on his master-
works about Stalin and Trotsky, his other book publications and his early journalistic work, but also on
a variety of further activities of which we would like to mention the following:
– Deutscher wrote a considerable number of essays which originally were published in renowned British,
American and French journals such as for example Partisan Review, Dissent, Soviet Studies, New
Left Review, Les Temps modernes, Les Lettres nouvelles35;
– he was also author of book reviews36 – published chiefly in The Times Literary Supplement – and of
obituaries37 and other miscellanies;
– he edited (or, co-edited) several books, for example The age of permanent revolution which was an
anthology of basic texts by Leon Trotsky, edited together with George Novack; this book was
published in several editions and it was translated into German, Spanish and other languages;
– he wrote introductions or forewords to several works, for example to Hersh Mendel's Memoirs of a
Jewish revolutionary;
– he was the author of a lot of radio scripts and radio talks38, e.g. The great purges, a 3-hour documentary
on the Moscow show trials (1962), or The Stalin myth, a 3-hour documentary on Stalin's rise to
power and his rule (1957). He also participated in TV discussions in Britain, the U.S. and Ger-
many;
– he participated in scholarly conferences and similar gatherings, and as an invited lecturer he addressed
32
See Singer, Daniel: Armed with a pen : notes for a political portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his
work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 55. - Deutscher's graveside speech in honour of Natalia Sedova was published in the collection
Hommage à Natalia Sedova-Trotsky : 1882-1962, Paris, 1962, pp. 45-49
33
For a compilation and thorough discussion of various assessments (inter alia by H. Seton-Watson, M. Fainsod, F.C. Barghoorn,
R. Pipes, J.L.H. Keep, A. Thulstrup, A. Stender-Petersen, E. Oberländer, B.D. Wolfe, H. Kehler, L. Labedz, P. Sethe, E. Litvinoff, J. de Kadt)
of Deutscher as a Trotsky biographer see Haas, Leonhard: Trotzki : Seher oder Blinder? Stimmen über Leiba Bronstein und Deutschers Werk
über ihn, in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte, 15.1965 (4), pp. 467-506. - As at the early 1980s there were at least some 500 reviews
(including book notices and the like) of the Trotsky trilogy. [See Syré, Ludger: Isaac Deutscher : Marxist, Publizist, Historiker, Hamburg, 1984,
p. 400]
34
We are dealing with the reception of the Trotsky trilogy and with the assessment of Deutscher as writer and historian in the
paragraph Posthumous works and works on Deutscher. Furthermore, we would like to refer to the secondary literature listed in the respective
paragraphs of our Selective bibliography
35
For a fairly complete listing of journals, newsletters, bulletins and other resources to which Deutscher, frequently or sporadically,
contributed essays, articles, reviews, notes, etc. see the sub-paragraph on Books, collections, journals, newspapers, bulletins to which Deutscher
contributed within our Selective bibliography
36
Thus, for instance, he reviewed works of E.H. Carr, G. Lukács and A. Kerenskii in TLS
37
For example Deutscher, Isaac: Natalia Sedova - devotion to Trotsky, in: The Times, 1962 (Jan. 24)
38
Some of his BBC radio talks were published in The Listener. Some libraries and archives, as for example the International
Instutute of Social History (ISSH, Amsterdam), are in possession of audio cassettes and tapes of Deutscher's talks, addresses and lectures.
large audiences and delivered lectures for example at the Royal United Services Institution
(RUSI), the London School of Economics (LSE), the London University College Socialist Society,
the Annual Socialist Scholars Conference, the New School for Social Research, the State Univer-
sity of New York (Binghamton), the Princeton University, the Columbia University, the Harvard
University, the Manitoba University, the Harpur College;
– he gave a lot of interviews and took part in innumerable (public) discussions and debates;
– he was a contributor to encyclopaedias and similar reference works;
– the screenplay of the documentary film Exile in Büyükada (Venice, Cal., Pathfinder Home Entertain-
ment, 2002) has been based on the final volume of his Trotsky trilogy;
– although deeply involved in historical research and writing, Deutscher all the time followed the course
of events with passion and interest39, engaging himself in the great political debates of his time
and vigorously influencing the unfolding New Left by his writings and lectures. Deutscher was
a main speaker at the famous Vietnam mass teach-ins in Washington and Berkeley in 1965, at
various solidarity meetings and similar events, and last not least he was a prominent member of
Bertrand Russell's International War Crime Tribunal.
39
"While living with Trotsky, Deutscher never ceased surveying the world from his watchtower." [Singer, Daniel: Armed with a
pen : notes for a political portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 46]
40
A selection of secondary sources is listed in our Selective bibliography
41
As an example for extremely vitriolic and fundamental criticism of Deutscher (or, better: for 'unmasking' or 'debunking' him), we
can refer to the contributions by Leo Labedz [for full bibliographic records see our Selective bibliography]
a considerable number of, Trotskyists42 obviously could not forget and forgive that Deutscher once had
dissociated from the Trotskyist movement and that he had criticised not only this or that tactical measure
of the 'Old Man' but also opposed the founding of the Fourth International, minimizing its role and im-
portance in various of his writings. The common and main verdict of both groups of critics is that of Isaac
Deutscher being the apologist absolute of Stalinism, or – to quote Daniel Singer – "a different devil to
different people"43.
Some other critics, e.g. French historian Pierre Broué and a former secretary to Trotsky, Jean Van Heijen-
oort, complained about Deutscher's shortcomings with regard to lacking in exactness and historiographic
reliability44.
Besides reviews, articles and, of course, obituaries, there have been published also some pamphlets and
book-length publications about the life and work of Isaac Deutscher45; the most relevant of them are – in
our view – the biography by Ludger Syré46 (1984) and a collection edited by David Horowitz47 (1971);
the last-mentioned volume contains critical, but sympathetic, assessments and appreciations, inter alia
contributions by Tamara Deutscher, Daniel Singer and Larence Daly about certain aspects of Deutscher's
biography, contributions by Louis Menashe, Marcel Liebman and Chrisopher Hill about Deutscher as
historian and theoretician, as well as contributions by Steven Unger and V.G. Kiernan about Deutscher's
Marxism, his political activism and his impact on the American New Left.
Ludger Syré's work – originally accepted as a PhD in 1983 – is a thorough study based on rich sources
(including archivalia) about almost all aspects of Deutscher's life and work: his family background, his
itinerary from Jewish child to Jewish heretic, from party communist to Trotskyist heretic, his journalistic
work duringWorld War II and during the Cold War, his analyses of the internal developments in the
USSR and Eastern Europe, of the roots of the Cold War, his analyses of the socio-political restauration
in Western Europe and Germany, etc. Some chapters of the work are focusing on Deutscher's historical-
42
Some leaders and writers from the Trotskyist scene, e.g. many of those adhering to the Healyist and Lambertist current, either totally
ignored Deutscher or attacked and denounced him as a tool of Stalin, as a heretic, revisionist, liquidationist, ideological foster-father of Michel
Pablo, or simply as petty-bourgeois liberal and Anti-Marxist. As examples for rigid Trotskyist criticism of Deutscher, we can refer to the
contributions by Tony Cliff, Robert Black, Cyril Smith [for bibliographic records see our Selective bibliography]. One could add another group
of critics: those who disassociated from Trotskyism, but not – as Deutscher had done – to remain revolutionary Marxists or radical leftists; here
one could mention Julius Jacobson as an example [for full bibliographical record see our Selective bibliography]. However, we would like to
clearly emphasize again, that the absolutely negative assessments of Isaac Deutscher by no means have been shared by all Trotskyist factions
and currents...
43
Singer, Daniel: Armed with a pen : notes for a political portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work
/ ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 44
44
For a quite vitriolic, even crushing criticism of this kind, see for example the following by JeanVan Heijenoort: "But what is
surprising is that, in his accounts of such episodes, his narration is both detailed and erroneous. Even in the parts of his book [The prophet
outcast] based on documents, errors abound. Dates are wrong, which lead to inconsistencies, later patched up at the price of further distortion.
My impression is that Deutscher worked hurriedly in the archives, more like a reporter who grabs any information than a historian who sifts
documents. [...] No serious student should accept a date or piece of information in his narration without first verifying it independently. There
are few pages that do not call for some comment." [Van Heijenoort, Jean: With Trotsky in exile : from Prinkipo to Coyoacán, Cambridge, Mass.
[etc.], 1978, pp. 153-154. – Again, in Intercontinental Press, 16.1978 (17), p. 518, Van Heijenoort stated: "Deutscher's book, for example, is
very useful in some ways, but historians will have to begin all over again because it includes so many errors. And his errors have been picked
up and expanded upon by other writers". Tamara Deutscher replied on this in a letter to the editors, which was published in ibid., 16.1978 (29),
p. 895 with title Deutscher comments on Van Heijenoort interview
45
For a fairly complete listing see our Selective bibliography
46
Syré, Ludger: Isaac Deutscher - Marxist, Publizist, Historiker, sein Leben und Werk 1907-1967, Hamburg, 1984, 422 pp. [for full
bibliographic record see our Selective bibliography]
47
Isaac Deutscher - the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, 254 pp. [for full bibliographic record see our
Selective bibliography]
biographical masterworks, on his involvement in political activism and his role in the formation of a New
Left, on his assessment of Maoism, the Sino-Soviet split, etc.; the Deutscher reception is dealt with in
author's introduction.
Deutscher's death
At the age of 60, Isaac Deutscher died untimely of a heart attack, during a visit to Rome, on August 19,
1967. "Thousands of people from Berkeley to Tokyo, who had never approached him personally, had the
feeling they had lost not only a teacher but a fellow-fighter when he was more needed than ever" 48. A
great memorial meeting took place at Gandhi Hall, London, in 1967.
48
Singer, Daniel: Armed with a pen : notes for a political portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work
/ ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 52
49
See The Deutscher Prize Web Site, URL: http://www.deutscherprize.org.uk/
By the way, Tamara Deutscher until her death was a devoted member of the jury
Anon. (1967):
"The independent line he took in Poland remained constant with him. He kept his Marxist faith. He would
respect some of Stalin's achievements, but distrusted most of what he did, and had little respect at all for
his ideological thinking. [...] Sometimes Deutscher was called a romantic, sometimes a prophet. The terms
do not do full justice to his deep scholarship, based on his unremitting and intelligently selected reading
of primary sources in Russian, Polish, German, French and, if need be, other languages – where he was
helped as in all other ways, by his Polish wife Tamara. [...] What is true in the 'romantic' charge is that –
with all his scrupulously careful sifting of facts – he could be enthusiastic about an idea or a man. His work
would not have been so invigorating, or so controversial, if he had lacked this élan. He thought intensively
and felt passionately. [...] It is a remarkable record for a man working alone, in London, in the country, and
back in London, without a university faculty to help him in his research and thinking. He himself knew it
was remarkable; he was quite sure that he had something of value to put out. There was also a great
modesty about him, and in an unfailing kindness and a touching courtesy – at times, too, hours of sheer
boyish glee – in his meetings with friends." 52
50
We are aware, that the selection of these quotations might be considered arbitrarily and not necessarily representative
51
Shin, Dale: [Review] Made for revolution, in: New Socialist, 2005 (51), pp. 38-39
52
[Anon.]: Mr Isaac Deutscher : leading scholar of revolutionary Marxism, in: The Times, 1967 (Aug. 21), p. 8. [Obituary]
the ex-communists are distinguished by their anti-communism. They are Stalinists turned inside out who
still see the world in identical black-and-white terms. As communists they failed to see the difference be-
tween the fascists and the social democrats and as ex-communists they lose their ability to see the distinc-
tion between fascism and Stalinism. [...] None of the heroes in Deutscher's biographies appears as a 'deus
ex machina' or as a 'diabolus ex machina'. The personalities are more or less talented spokesmen of the cur-
rents and factions of the revolutionary movement behind which stand complex and antagonistic social
forces. [...] His point of departure for the study of Stalinism is the relationship between a certain type of
bureaucratized revolutionist and the bureaucratization of the revolution in a backward country exhausted
by the war and the results of foreign intervention. [...] Deutscher however did not employ simplistic sche-
mata. Historical situations are determined but their determination is not one-sided, undeviating, or clear-cut.
They always hold certain alternatives. They permit certain narrowly limited but real choices or alternatives.
[...] Deutscher's books are among the pearls of Marxist historiography. They bear comparison with such
outstanding works as Marx's Eighteenth Brumaire, Engels' The peasant war in Germany, or Mehring's Die
Lessinglegende. It is a characteristic feature of these books that they are not only history but at the same
time sociology of the revolution, a concrete and yet generalized analysis of its driving forces." 53
53
Sochor, Lubomir: The importance of Isaac Deutscher's work as seen by a Czechoslovak intellectual, in: Intercontinental Press,
6.1968 (29), pp. 739-741
54
Howe, Irving: [Review] The life of Trotsky, in: The New Republic, 150.1964 (March 21), pp. 20, 22, and 23
55
Tarbuck, Ken: Tamara Deutscher (1913-1990), in: Revolutionary History, 3.1991 (3), p. 43
Anon. (1969):
"Even though many critics are unsure about the validity of Deutscher's works, they continue to praise his
accomplishments. Walter Laqueur, who considers him more a prophet than a historian, writes: 'Of all those
who have written about Soviet affairs since the Second World War, Isaac Deutscher is one of the most
widely read and interesting. In spite of an inclination towards hagiography, his three-volume study of
Trotsky is the definitive work on the subject and, at the same time, among the best contemporary political
biographies. [...] His style is forceful, the sentiment not artificial; and there are striking historical analogies
and literary allusions'. [...] William P. Gerberding believes that Deutscher has achieved acclaim in the West,
even though he disagrees with the ideologies of the West, because of 'his lucid and vivid writing style. He
is usually engaging and provocative, sometimes even when his dogmas fatally obscure his perceptions.'" 56
56
[Anon.]: Deutscher, Isaac (Peregrine), 1907-1967, in: Contemporary authors : first revision, 5/8 (1969), p. 301
57
Miliband, Ralph: Deutscher, Isaac, in: A dictionary of Marxist thought / ed. by Tom Bottomore [et al.], Oxford, 1983, p. 119
58
Anderson, Perry: The legacy of Isaac Deutscher, in: Anderson, Perry: A zone of engagement, London [etc.], 1992, pp. 72-73
radicalisation around CND, Deutscher brought Trotsky back into the mainstream and introduced him to
a new generation. History is not made by great men, but history sometimes makes great men – Trotsky was
one of them. Reading Deutscher's biography I realise just how outrageous it is that Trotsky's thought was
transformed into something called 'orthodox Trotskyism'. There was nothing orthodox about Trotsky. He
was a bold and original thinker." 59
59
Birchall, Ian: [Review] All along the watchtower, in: Socialist Review <TSB 1521> [ISSN 0141-2442], 2004 (Jan.)
60
Bergmann, Theodor: Isaac Deutscher - ein jüdischer Ketzer im Kommunismus, in: Utopie kreativ, 1998 (97/98), pp. 95 and 103-
105
61
Cox, Michael: E. H. Carr and Isaac Deutscher - a very 'special relationship', in: E. H. Carr : a critical appraisal / ed. by Michael
Cox, Houndsmills, Basingstoke [etc.], 2000, p. 127
62
Frank, Pierre: Isaac Deutscher, in: World Outlook = Perspective mondiale, 5.1967 (30), pp. 755-756
63
Horowitz, David: Introduction, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, p. 9
beigetragen, das Gedankengut der Vorkriegszeit zu überliefern und einer neuen Generation von Sozialisten
den revolutionären Marxismus bzw. Trotzkismus nahezubringen. Er hat mindestens so gut wie die IV.
Internationale dazu beigetragen, die Geschichte der Oktoberrevolution von allen stalinistischen Ver-
fälschungen und Lügen zu befreien und die wirkliche Rolle Trotzkis darzustellen. Man kann, mit Ernest
Mandel, sagen, daß in den fünfziger und sechziger Jahren kein anderes Buch so viele Leute zum Bruch mit
dem Stalinismus und zur Anäherung an den Trotzkismus geführt hat wie die Trotzki-Trilogie, die nach wie
vor 'eine mächtige Waffe gegen bürgerliche und stalinistische Mystifizierungen und Verfälschungen der
Geschichte' ist (Mandel). [...] Die Arbeiterbewegung bzw. die Linke war nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
entweder antikommunistisch oder stalinistisch; die wenigen Marxisten blieben isoliert. Der IV. Inter-
nationale mochte Deutscher nicht beitreten. Zudem schien er vielen Trotzkisten suspekt aufgrund der
Stalin-Biographie [...]. Man warf Deutscher vor, sein Versuch, ein objektives Bild von Stalin und dessen
Politik zu zeichnen, sei in eine Legitimation des Stalinismus ausgeartet, das Verstehenwollen sei in Recht-
fertigung übergegangen. Im trotzkistischen Lager galt Deutscher plötzlich als Apologet Stalins." 64
64
Grötzinger, Ralf: Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967), in: Inprekorr : internationale Pressekorrespondenz der IV. Internationale, 1988
(199), pp. 23-24
65
Jünke, Christoph: Die Geister der Vergangenheit : vor dreißig Jahren starb der Marxist Isaak Deutscher, in: Analyse & Kritik : AK
; Zeitung für linke Debatte und Praxis, N.F. 27.1997 (406), p. 3
66
Rosenberg, Justin: Isaac Deutscher and the lost history of international relations, in: New Left Review, 1996 (215), pp. 3
67
Smith, Cyril: The practice and theory of Isaac Deutscher, in: Labour Review, 1.1977 (6), pp. 325
be based on a prophetic approach, but only on sober critical analysis. The picture that emerges is of a man
who takes himself much too seriously as an analyst, who is careless about evidence, always ready to shift
the argument to prove his oracular prescence, reluctant to admit an error, more concerned with the recovery
of faith than with the discovery of truth." 68
KenTarbuck (1992):
"It was a curious contradiction in Deutscher's make-up that he should have failed to understand the neces-
sity for the Fourth International precisely because of the working class defeats of the period, since in many
ways it had to try to do collectively what he tried to do individually by his withdrawal into the 'watchtower'.
The Fourth International could never be a mere repeat - in a different form - of any of the other three
Internationals. That is not to say, of course, that Trotsky and the other founders of the Fourth International
started out with the intention of such a withdrawal, but that was to its historic role for many years. Nor did
Deutscher understand that without organisation his own work would have been largely shouting in the
wind, since those young people who were stirred by his writings could not have turned their message into
meaningful activity without the prior existence of a political organisation." 69
68
Labedz, Leopold: Deutscher as historian and prophet, in: Survey, 1962 (41), pp. 143 and 144
69
Tarbuck, Ken: Ten years without Deutscher : an appraisal of the man and his influence, in: Kendall, Walter: Isaac Deutscher
1907-1967 : a critical appreciation on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death / Walter Kendall ; Alistair Mitchell and Ken Tarbuck, Worthing,
West Sussex, 1992, p. 5
70
Aronson, Ronald: [Review] The impermanent revolution, in: The Nation, 280.2005 (March 14)
Selective bibliography
of Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967)
Survey:
As we stated in the Biographical sketch, Isaac Deutscher was undoubtedly among the most productive
Marxist/Trotskyist writers. We should like to emphasize that we do not at all claim 'completeness' with
regard to our following Selective Bibliography. Although listing a veritable amount of literature by and
about Deutscher, it must be said clearly that a considerable number of sources have not been considered
here, for example
– many of the translations71 of Deutscher's books and contributions into non-Western European
languages;
– later editions, except occasional references made in bibliographical footnotes (in square
brackets);
– most of his writings from the pre-War Polish period (because they were lost);
– non-print media (electronic resources, videos, records of radio broadcasts, etc.)
As far as we know there is no Deutscher bibliography which could claim completeness. At the time being,
we can refer to three selective bibliographical compilations:
- Deutscher, Tamara: On the bibliography of Isaac Deutscher's writings, in: Isaac Deutscher -
the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, pp. 226-247 (on pp. 235-247:
Selected bibliography)
- Syré, Ludger: Bibliographie, in: Syré, Ludger: Isaac Deutscher : Marxist, Publizist, Historiker,
Hamburg, 1984, pp. 400-410
- Casciola, Paolo: Isaac Deutscher : bibliografia italiana, in: Deutscher, Isaac: L'uomo socialista
/ [trad. dall'orig. inglese a cura di Paolo Casciola], Foligno, 1994, pp.21-22.
The following are some notes for a better understanding of certain peculiarities of our Selective Biblio-
graphy:
71
Most of Deutscher's writings listed here were originally written and published in English; however, a considerable number of them
have been translated into other Western European languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, etc.)
– most of them have been considered here. Some of his books and other writings, however, were published in other languages (such as for
example in Polish, Finnish, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian,Yiddish, Hebrew, Turkish, Farsi, Chinese and Japansese) – those translations have been
omitted here, with a very few exceptions.
2. In the sub-paragraphs Books and newspapers (co-)edited by Deutscherand Books, collections, journals,
newspapers, bulletins to which Deutscher contributed, works to which he contributed and which at the
same time were (co-)edited by him, have been listed in both sub-paragraphs.
3. The sub-paragraph Books, collections, journals, newspapers, bulletins to which Deutscher contributed
does not list Deutscher's contributions to collective works, encyclopaedias, journals, newspapers,
bulletins etc. by the distinctive titles proper but by source title only (i.e. by title proper of the journal,
newspaper, collection or the like)72. It goes without saying that a fairly complete repertory of such
contributions – particularly of his articles which appeared in the daily and weekly press – remains a great
desideratum for the future.
4. The sub-paragraph Reviews of Deutscher's Trotsky trilogy is far from claiming completeness faced with
the fact that there are some 500 reviews relating to Deutscher's Trotsky73.
5. The sub-paragraph Books and articles by Deutscher on Trotsky and Trotskyism includes some
doublings with regard to other sub-paragraphs.
6. TSB item numbers (e.g. "<TSB 0716>") refer to our Trotskyist Serials Bibliography (München [etc.],
1993), which is out of print but is available as PDF file within the framework of our Lubitz TrotskyanaNet
website. In TSB you find detailed informations about Trotskyist journals, newsletters, bulletins and the
like.
Biografija Lava Davidoviga Bronštejna-Trockog / prevala Nada Soljan. - 1-3. - Zagreb : Liber [etc.], 1975-76. - XII,
319 + 308 + 340 pp. - (Monografije-biografije ; 3)
Il comunismo tra Krusciov e Mao / trad. dall'inglese di Irene de Guttry. - Bari : Laterza, 1964. - 97 pp. - (Libri del
tempo Laterza)
The cultural revolution in China. - 3. impr. - [Nottingham : The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, [ca. 1966]. -
17 pp. - (Spokesman pamphlet ; 2) [Earlier ed. publ. with title On the Chinese cultural revolution]
La decada de Jrushov / trad. de Mónica Acheroff. - Madrid : Alianza, 1971. - 199 pp.
Dove va l'Unione Sovietica / trad. di Franco Lucentini. - Torino : Einaudi, 1957. - 74 pp.
L'ebreo non ebreo e altri saggi / a cura di Tamara Deutscher. Trad. di Francesco Franconeri. - [Milano] : Mondadori,
1969. - 184 pp. - (Saggi)
72
An exception from this general rule, however, is the sub-paragraph Books and articles by Deutscher on Trotsky and Trotskyism.
73
As at the early 1980s there were at least some 1.300 reviews (including book notices and the like) of works authored by Deutscher,
among them some 500 relating to his Trotsky trilogy and some 300 relating to his Stalin biography. [Source: Syré, Ludger: Isaac Deutscher :
Marxist, Publizist, Historiker, Hamburg, 1984, p. 400]
74
Please note that Deutscher's writings about Trotsky/Trotskyism have additionally been listed in the sub-paragraph Books and
articles by Deutscher on Trotsky and Trotskyism
L'enfance de Lénine et autres essais sur le marxisme et le communisme / [introd.: Tamara Deutscher]. Trad. de
l'anglais par Elisabeth Gille [et al.]. - Paris : Payot, 1971. - 268 pp. - (Etudes et documents Payot) [& later
ed.]
Eretici e rinnegati e altri saggi / trad. di Elsa Pelitti. - Milano : Longanesi, 1970. - 238 pp. - (La fronda ; 108)
Essais sur le problème juif / prés. et préf. de Tamara Deutscher. Trad. de l'anglais par Elisabeth Gille-Nemirovsky.
- Paris : Payot, 1969. - 205 pp. - (Etudes et documents Payot)
La grande contesa / trad. di Gino Bianco. - Torino : Einaudi, 1961. - 89 pp.
The great contest : Russia and the West. - London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1960. - 86 pp. - (Dafoe Foundation lectures
; 1959) [& later ed., publ. by various publ. houses]
The great purges / ed. by Tamara Deutscher. Designed by David King. - Oxford [etc.] : Blackwell, 1984. - 174 pp.
Der große Wettkampf : Rußland und der Westen. - Dordrecht : Reidel, 1960. - 98 pp. - (Vorlesungen der Dafoe-
Stiftung, Kanada)
Herejes y renegados. - Barcelona : Ed. Ariel, 1970. - 262 pp. - (Ariel quincenal ; 44)
Heretics and renegades, and other essays. - London : Hamilton, 1955. - 228 pp. [& later ed., publ. by various publ.
houses, partly with an introd. by Edward Hallett Carr. - American ed. publ. with title:Russia in transition]
Den ikke-jødiske jøde og andre essays / utvalg og innl. ved Tamara Deutscher. Overs. av Ellen Sverdrup. - Oslo :
Gyldendal, 1970. - 135 pp. - (Fakkel-bøkene ; 202)
Ironias de história : ensaios sobre o comunismo contemporaneo / trad. de Alvaro Cabral. - Rio de Janeiro : Civili-
zação Brasileira, 1968. - 329 pp. - (Perspectivas do homem ; 43)
Ironías de la historia. Trad. de Juan Ramón Capella. - Barcelona : Ed. Península, 1969. - 309 pp. - (Historia, ciencia,
sociedad ; 49) [& later ed.]
Ironie della storia : saggi sul comunismo contemporaneo / trad. di Elsa Pelitti. - Milano : Longanesi, 1972. - 322 pp.
- (La fronda ; 118)
Ironie van de geschiedenis : essays over het communisme / [vert. uit het Engels: Hans Wagemans]. - 2. dr. - Haarlem
: De Haan, 1979, . 164 pp. - (Tijd contouren)
Ironies of history : essays on contemporary communism. London [etc.] : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1966. - VIII, 278 pp. [&
later ed., publ. by various publ. houses]
Der israelisch-arabische Konflikt / mit einem Vorw. von Ulrike Marie Meinhof. - Frankfurt a.M. : Ed. Voltaire,
1968. - 28 pp. - (Voltaire-Flugschriften ; 21)
O judeu não-judeu e outros ensaios / apresentação e introd. de Tamara Deutscher. Trad. de Moniz Bandeira. - Rio
de Janeiro : Civilização Brasileira, 1970. - 150 pp. - (Coleção Perspectivas de homem ; 61 : Sér. Política)
El judío no sionista y otros ensayos / trad. de Nati Martín Moro. - Madrid, 1971. - 212 pp.
Los judíos no judíos y otras ensayos / [trad. de Gabriela Epstein y Maria Inés Barbero]. - Buenos Aires : Kikiyon,
1969. - 154 pp.
Lenin : frammento di una vita e altri saggi / pref. di Tamara Deutscher. Trad. di Luca Trevisani. - Bari : Laterza,
1970. - 228 pp. - (Tempi nuovi ; 42)
Lenin : los años de formación. - México, D.F. : Ed. Era, 1975. - 120 pp. - (Serie popular Era ; 36)
Lenins barndom. Marxisme i vår tid / red. av Tamara Deutscher. Overs. avHelge Simonsen. - Oslo : Aschehoug,
1972. - 226 pp.
Lenin's childhood. - London [etc.] : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1970. - VIII, 67 pp.
Lenins Kindheit / aus dem Engl. von Christiane Trabant-Rommel. - Frankfurt a.M. : Fischer, 1973. - 83 pp. - (Reihe
Fischer ; 33)
Lenins ungdom / övers. av Bengt Lindroth. - Stockholm : PAN, 1971. - 77 pp. - (En PAN bok)
El maoismo y la revolución cultural China. - México, D.F. : Ed. Era, 1971. - 87 pp. - (Serie popular Era ; 9)
Der Maoismus : Ursprung und Perspektive / Isaac Deutscher. Versuch einer Deutung der "Kulturrevolution" / Ernest
Mandel. - Hamburg : ISP-Verl., [ca. 1971]. - 76 pp.
Marxism in our time / ed. by Tamara Deutscher. - Berkeley, Cal. : Ramparts Pr., 1971. - 312 pp. [& later ed., publ.
by Cape, London]
Marxism, wars and revolutions : essays from four decades / ed. and introd. by Tamara Deutscher. With a pref. by
Perry Anderson. - London : Verso, 1984. - XXIX, 276 pp.
Marxismus und die UdSSR / aus dem Engl. von Christiane Trabant-Rommel. - Frankfurt a.M. : Fischer, 1974. - 115
An age of conflict : readings in twentieth century European history / [ed. by] Leslie Derfler. - San Diego, Cal. :
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. - XII, 392 pp.
Ali, Tariq: The clash of fundamentalisms : crusades, jihads and modernity. - London [etc.] : Verso, 2003. - XXXII,
428 pp.
The American Socialist (New York, NY) <TSB 0024> [ISSN 0517-4872]
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Philadelphia, Pa.) [ISSN 0002-7162]
Die Araber in Israel : Fremde im eigenen Land. - [Frankfurt a.M.] : General-Union Palästinensischer Studenten,
1969. - 16 pp.
Arbeit und Wirtschaft (Wien) [ISSN 0003-7656]
Arbeiterpolitik (Bremen) [ISSN 0171-7650]
Arthur Koestler : a collection of critical essays / ed. by Murray A. Sperber. - Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall,
1977. - X, 189 pp. - (Twentieth century views) (A Spectrum book)
El asesinato de Trotsky : antes y después / Isaac Deutscher [et al.] Recopilación, introd. y notas de J. Gutiérrez
Alvarez. - [Barcelona], 1990. - 196 pp.
L'Astrolabio (Roma) [ISSN 0004-6132]
Außenpolitik (Stuttgart) [ISSN 0004-8194 ; ISSN 0587-3825]
Aux carrefours de l'histoire (Paris) [ISSN 0567-252X]
Bandiera rossa (Roma, later: Milano) <TSB 0080> [ISSN 1122-519X]
Belfagor (Firenze) [ISSN 0005-8351]
Les Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Socialistes (Paris) [ISSN 0008-9761]
Canadian Slavic Studies (Montreal, Que.) [ISSN 0090-8290]
Comparative labor movements / John Clarke Adams [et al.] Walter Galenson, ed. - New York, NY : Prentice-Hall,
1952. - 599 pp. - (Prentice-Hall industrial relations and personnel series) [& later ed.]
Contact Books (London)
Containment and revolution / ed. by David Horowitz. - Boston, Mass. : Beacon Pr., 1968. - 252 pp. - (Studies in
imperialism and the cold war ; 1) (Beacon paperback ; 295)
Le débat sino-soviétique see Que se passe-t-il dans le mouvement communiste international?
Dissent (New York, NY) [ISSN 0012-3846]
E. H. Carr : a critical appraisal / ed. by Michael Cox. Foreword by John Carr. - Houndsmills, Basingstoke [etc.] :
Palgrave, 2000. - XXII, 352 pp.
The Economist (London) [ISSN 0013-0613]
Ekho "marselezy" : vzgliad na Velikuiu frantsuzskuiu revoliutsiiu cherez dvesti let / Erik Khobsbaum [Eric
Hobsbawm]. Nezavershennaia revoliutsiia : Rossiia 1917-1967 / Izaak Doicher [Isaac Deutscher]. -
Moskva : Inter-Verso, 1991. - 271 pp.
Encyclopaedia Britannica : a new survey of universal knowledge. - London [etc.], 1953.
Entstalinisierung : der XX. Parteitag der KPdSU und seine Folgen / Beitr. von Roy Medwedew [et al.] - Frankfurt
a.M. : Suhrkamp, 1977. - 536 pp. - (Edition Suhrkamp ; 609)
The era of violence : 1898-1945 / ed. by David Thomson. - Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1960. - XXI, 602 pp.
- (The new Cambridge modern history ; 12)
Espresso (Roma) [ISSN 0423-4243]
L
Etudes : revue du socialisme pluraliste (Bruxelles) [ISSN 0423-5568]
L'Express (Paris) [ISSN 0014-5270]
Fjärde Internationalen (Uppsala, later: Stockholm, later: Göteborg) <TSB 0518> [ISSN 0345-3375]
Foreign Affairs (New York, NY) [ISSN 0015-7120]
Fourth International / International Executive Committee of the Fourth International (Paris) <TSB 0535> [ISSN
0429-2790]
Frankfurter Hefte (Frankfurt a.M.) [ISSN 0015-9999]
Geist und Tat (Frankfurt a.M.) [ISSN 0344-2098]
Der Gewerkschafter (Frankfurt a.M.) [ISSN 0433-8118]
Gorizont (Riga) [ISSN 0132-6252]
The Guardian (London) [ISSN 0261-3077]
The Hibbert Journal (London) [ISSN 0950-1916]
Historia (Paris) [ISSN 0018-2281]
Hommage à Natalia Sedova-Trotsky : 1882-1962. - Paris : Les Lettres Nouvelles, 1962. - 122, [10] pp.
Horizon : a review of literature and art (London) [ISSN 0262-1223]
Ikkevold og revelusjon : nye fomer for revelusjonær strategi / med bidrag av Arild Batzer [et al.] Berit Holm (red.) -
Oslo : Pax, 1972. - 148 pp. - (Pax-bøkene ; 291)
New Cambridge modern history / ed. by David Thomson. - 12. - Cambridge, 1960. [& later ed.]
New Left Review (London) [ISSN 0028-6060]
The New Statesman (London) [ISSN 0028-6842 ; ISSN 0028-6834]
The New York Times Magazine (New York, NY) [ISSN 0028-7822]
News Chronicle (London)
Le Nouvel Observateur (Paris) [ISSN 0029-4713]
Nowa kultura : tygodnik spoesczno-literacki (Warszawa) [ISSN 0546-8809]
Nowa Polska (Londyn)
Nowy dziennik (Kraków)
Nuovi argomenti (Roma; later: Milano) [ISSN 0029-6295]
The Observer (London) [ISSN 0029-7712]
Palestine, the Arab-Israeli conflict / ed. by Russell Stetler. - San Francisco, Cal. : Ramparts Pr., 1972. - 297 pp.
Partisan Review (New Brunswick, NJ) [ISSN 0031-2525]
Philosophische Rundschau (Tübingen) [ISSN 0031-8159]
Una polémica internacional : debate público realizado en Paris por el Centre d'Etudes Socialistes [...] bajo la
presidencia de Iván Craipeau / Isaac Deutscher [et al.] - Buenos Aires : La Rosa blindada, 1967. - 95 pp. -
(Los tiempos nuevos)
The Political Quarterly (London) [ISSN 0032-3179]
Quaderni del Medio Oriente (Milano) [ISSN 0033-4871]
Quatrième Internationale (Paris) <TSB 1282> [ISSN 0771-0569 - ISSN 0765-1740]
Que se passe-t-il dans le mouvement communiste international? : le débat sino-soviétique / débat publique sous la
présidence d'Yvan Craipeau entre Isaac Deutscher [et al.]. - Paris, 1965. - 51 pp. - (Les cahiers du Centre
d'Etudes Socialistes ; 52/53) [On cover: Le débat sino-soviétique]
Radio Times : journal of the BBC (London) [ISSN 0033-8060]
The Reporter (New York, NY) [ISSN 1049-1600]
The Review : a quarterly for pluralist socialism (Bruxelles)
Revolution and class struggle : a reader in Marxist politics / ed. by Robin Blackburn. - Hassocks : Harvester Pr.,
1978. - 444 pp. [& other ed., publ. by Fontana, London]
Revolutionary Marxist students in Poland speak out, 1964-1968 / Jacek Kuron [et al.] - New York, NY : Merit
Publ., 1968. - 96 pp. [Containg Deutscher's famous Open letter to W. Gomulka and the CC of the Polish workers'
Party]
Revue de littérature comparée (Paris) [ISSN 0035-1466]
The Russian revolution and Bolshevik victory - why and how? / Arthur E. Adams, ed. - Boston, Mass. : Heath,
1960. - 108 pp. - (Problems in European civilization) [& later ed., publ. by Heath, Lexington, Mass.]
The Scotsman (Edinburgh etc.) [ISSN 0307-5850]
La Sinistra (Roma)
Sobre la revolución chine / Isaac Deutscher [et al.] - Medellin [etc.] : La Oveja Negra, [1971]. - 155 pp. -
(Cuadernos La Oveja negra ; 1)
The Socialist Register (London) [ISSN 0081-0606]
Socialist revolution / James O'Connor [et al.] - San Francisco, Cal. : Agenda Publ., 1970. - 143 pp.
The Soviet experience : success or failure? / ed. By Daniel R. Brower. - New York, NY : Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 1971. - VII, 129 pp. - (European problem studies)
The Soviet political process : aims, techniques, and examples of analysis / ed. with introd. by Sidney I. Ploss. -
Waltham, Mass. : Ginn, 1970. - VIII, 304 pp.
Soviet sociology : historical antecedents and current appraisals / Alex Simirenko, ed. - Chicago, Ill. : Quadrangle
Books, 1966. - 384 pp.
Soviet Studies (Oxford; later: Glasgow) [ISSN 0038-5859]
Sozialistische Zeitung : SoZ (Köln) <TSB 1621> [ISSN 0932-8750]
The Spectator (London) [ISSN 0038-6952]
The Stalin revolution : fulfillment or betrayal of communism? / ed. with an introd. by Robert V. Daniels. - Boston,
Mass. : Heath, 1965. - XIV, 106 pp. - (Problems in European civilization)
The Stalinist dictatorship / ed. by Chris Ward. - London [etc.] : Arnold [etc.], 1998. - XIII, 357 pp.
The Stalinist legacy : its impact on 20th-century world politics / ed. by Tariq Ali. - Harmondsworth, Middlesex [etc.]
Penguin Books, 1984. - 551 pp.
The Statesman (Calcutta) [ISSN 0972-0219]
Storia del mondo moderno / a cura di C.L. Mowat. Trad. di Luca Trevisani. - 12. - Milano : Garzanti, 1972.
Strategien der Konterrevolution : westliche Eindämmungspolitik 1917 bis Vietnam / hrsg. von David Horowitz.
Vorw. von Bertrand Russell. [Übers.: Michaele Wunderle et al.] - Darmstadt : März-Verl., 1969. - 315 pp.
[Transl. of Containment and revolution]
Studies on the Left (Madison, Wis.) [ISSN 0585-7449]
Sunday Express (London) [ISSN 0039-5196]
The Sunday Times (London) [ISSN 0956-1382]
Swiato : miesiucznik socjalistyczny (Warszawa)
Les Temps modernes (Paris) [ISSN 0040-3075]
The Times (London) [ISSN 0140-0460]
The Times Literary Supplement (London) [ISSN 0040-7895]
The Tribune (London) [ISSN 0041-2821]
Trotsky / ed. by Irving H. Smith. - Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1973. - VII, 181 pp. - (Great lives
observed)
Trotsky, Leon: The age of permanent revolution : a Trotsky anthology. Ed., with an introd. by Isaac Deutscher (with
the assistance of George Novack). - New York, NY : Dell, 1964. - 384 pp. [& later ed.]
Trotsky, Leon: Denkzettel : politische Erfahrungen im Zeitalter der permanenten Revolution / Leo Trotzki. Hrsg.
von Isaac Deutscher, George Novack und Helmut Dahmer. Übers. aus dem Engl. von Harry Maòr. -
Frankfurt a.M. : Suhrkamp, 1981. - 475 pp. - (Edition Suhrkamp ; 896)
Trotsky, Leon: La era de la revolución permanente : antología de escritos básicos / León Trotsky. Introd. de Isaac
Deutscher. [Trad.: Manuel Aguilar, Luis Aldama y César Nicolás Molina]. - México, D.F. : J. Pablos,
1973. - 383 pp. - (Obras de León Trotsky ; 15)
Trotsky, Leon: Scelta di scritti 1905-1940 / L.D. Trotskij. A cura di G. Novack. Con un saggio introduttivo di Isaac
Deutscher. [Trad. di Livio Maitan]. - [Roma] : Samonà e Savelli, 1968. - 197 pp. - (Cultura politica ; 18)
[Abridged version of Trotsky, Leon: The age of permanent revolution] [& later ed.]
Twentieth century interpretations of 1984 : a collection of critical essays / ed. by Samuel Hynes. - Englewood Cliffs,
NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1971. - VI, 117 pp. - (Twentieth century interpretations) (A Spectrum book)
Universities & Left Review (London) [ISSN 0502-6385]
Wehrwissenschaftliche Rundschau (Various places) [ISSN 0342-4847 - ISSN 0509-9722]
Wiadomo³ci Polskie (London)
Widnokrcg (Warszawa)
Workers' Fight (London) <TSB 1836>
World Outlook = Perspective mondiale (Paris ; later: New York, NY) <TSB 1886>
World Politics (Princeton, NJ etc.) [ISSN 0043-8871]
Young Socialist (New York, NY) <TSB 1893> [ISSN 0513-6113 - ISSN 0360-0157]
Zeszyty teoretyczno-polityczne (Warszawa) [ISSN 0044-443X]
Zionism reconsidered : the rejection of Jewish normalcy / ed. and with an introd. by Michael Selzer. - New York,
NY : Macmillan, 1970. - XXII, 259 pp.
Adski temnaia noch' : glava iz knigi "Prorok v izgnanii" / Isaak Doicher. Perevod s anglijskogo Ju. Zarachovi ga [et
al.], in: Inostrannaja literatura [ISSN 0537-7307], 1989 (3), pp. 167-230
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If identical titles proper occur, arrangement is chronological.
Der bewaffnete Prophet, in: Geist und Tat [ISSN 0344-2098], 17.1962 (10), pp. 297-303
Biografija Lava Davidoviga Bronštejna-Trockog / prevela Nada Šoljan. - 1-3. - Zagreb : Liber [etc.], 1975-76 -
(Monografije-biografije ; 3)
1. NaoruÓani prorok. - 1975. - XII, 319 pp.
2. RazoruÓani prorok. - 1976. - 308 pp.
3. Prognani prorok. - 1976. - 340 pp.
Comment Staline liquida Trotsky, in: Le Miroir de l'histoire [ISSN 0544-3938] , 1965 (182), pp. 50-61
Conversation with Trygve Lie : Oslo, 28-29 Apr. 1956, in: Deutscher, Isaac.: Marxism, wars and revolutions,
London, 1984, pp. 169-177
Les derniers jours de Trotsky / trad. par Jean Cler, in: Historia [ISSN 0018-2281], 1966 (236), pp. 94-103
Einleitung / Übers. aus dem Engl. von Harry Maor, in: Trotzki, Leo: Denkzettel, Frankfurt a.M., 1981, pp. 14-41
Las ideas de León Trotsky sobre el arte y sobre el hombre, in: Trotsky, Buenos Aires, 1969, pp. 183-200
Las ideas de León Trotsky sobre el arte y sobre el hombre, in: El verdadero Trotsky, 2. ed., corr. y aumentada,
México, D.F., 1975, pp. 205-224
Introduction, in: Trotsky, Leon: The age of permanent revolution, New York, NY, 1964, pp. 13-39
Introduction, in: Trotsky, Leon: The age of permanent revolution, 2. print, New York, NY, 1970, pp. 13-39
Introduction, in: Trotsky, Leon: The age of permanent revolution, 3. print, New York, NY, 1973, pp. 13-39
Introduzione, in: Trotsky, Leone: Scritti scelti 1905-1940, Roma, 1980, pp. 5-38
Leon Trotsky as a historian and sociologist of revolution, in: Soviet sociology : historical antecedents and current
appraisals / Alex Simirenko, ed., Chicago, Ill., 1966, pp. [150]-167
Natalia Sedova - devotion to Trotsky, in: The Times [ISSN 0140-0460], 1962 (Jan.24) [Obituary]
Der nichtjüdische Jude / übers. von Eike Geisel [et al.], in: Deutscher, Isaac: Die ungelöste Judenfrage, Berlin,
1977, pp. 7-20
The non-Jewish Jew, in: Deutscher, Isaac: The non-Jewish Jew and other essays, London etc., 1968, pp. 25-41
Notes on talks with Natalia Ivanovna in Paris, in: Pratt, M.: Interpreting Trotsky's last years in exile, London, 1993
(Thesis), pp. 83-91
Roots of bureaucracy / ed. by Tamara Deutscher, in: Canadian Slavic studies = Revue canadienne d'études slaves
[ISSN 0090-8290], 3.1969 (3), pp. 453-472
The roots of bureaucracy, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Marxism in our time, London, 1972, pp. 181-208
The roots of bureaucracy, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Marxism, wars and revolutions, London, 1984, pp. 221-242
Smert' Trockogo / Isaak Doicher, in: Gorizont [ISSN 0132-6252], 1990 (3), pp. 24-28
El Stalin de Trotski, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Herejes y renegados, Barcelona, 1970, pp. 93-106
Trockij al nadir, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Ironie della storia, Milano, 1972.
Trockij e l'opposizione di sinistra in un carteggio fra Alfonso Leonetti e Isaac Deutscher, in: Belfagor [ISSN
0005-8351], 34.1979 (1), pp. 43-66
Trotskii v izgnanii / Izaak Doicher. Perevod s angliiskogo N.N. Jakovleva. Posleslovie i kommentarii N.A. Vasets-
kogo. - Moskva : Izd-vo Politicheskoj Literatury, 1991. - 588 pp.
Trotskij. - [1-3]. - Göteborg : Partisan-Förl., 1971-72 - (Partisan ; ...) [& later ed.]
[1.] Den väpnade profeten : 1879-1921 / svensk övers.: Martin Peterson. - 1971. - 402 pp. - (... ; 1)
[2.] Den avväpnade profeten : 1921-1929 / svensk övers.: Mario Grut. - 1972. - 352 pp. - (... ; 2)
[3.] Den förvisade profeten : 1929-1940 /svensk övers.: Mario Grut. - 1972. - 393 pp. - (... ; 3)
Trotskij / pres. di Giuseppe Boffa. [Trad. di Antonietta Drago]. - Nueva ed. / a cura di Attilio Chitarin. - [1-?]. -
Milano : Longanesi, 1979 [?] - (Biblioteca / Longanesi ; ...)
[1.] Il profeta armato : 1879-1921. - 1979. - XVI, 555 pp. - (... ; 13)
[Publication probably suspended with vol. 1]
Trotsky. - [1-3]. - London [etc.] : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1954-63. [Original edition]
[1.] The prophet armed : 1879-1921. - 1954. - VIII, 540 pp.
[2.] The prophet unarmed : 1921-1929. - 1959. - XII, 490 pp.
[3.] The prophet outcast : 1929-1940. - 1963. - XV, 543 pp.
Trotsky. - [1-3]. - Milano : Longanesi, 1956-65. - (Il cammeo ; ...)
[1.] Il profeta armato : 1879-1921 / trad. dall'orig. inglese di Antonietta Drago. - 1956. - 784 pp. - (... ; 80)
[2.] Il profeta disarmato : 1921-1929 / trad. di Maria Eugenia Morin. - 1961. - 640 pp. - (... ; 155)
[3.] Il profeta esilato : 1929-1940 / trad. di Maria Eugenia Morin. - 1965. - 735 pp. - (... ; 200)
Trotsky / trad. de l'anglais par Paulette Péju [et al.]. - 1-3. - Paris : Julliard, 1962-65 - (Les temps modernes)
1. Le prophète armé : (1879-1921). - 1962. - 695 pp.
2. Le prophète désarmé : (1921-1929). - 1964. - 640 pp.
3. Le prophète hors de la loi : (l'exil). - 1965. - 704 pp.
Trotsky. - [1-3]. - New York, NY : Vintage Books, 1965. - (Vintage Russian library ; ...)
[1.] The prophet armed : 1879-1921. - VIII, 540 pp. - (... ; 746)
[2.] The prophet unarmed : 1921-1929. - XII, 490 pp. - (... ; 747)
[3.] The prophet outcast : 1929-1940. - XV, 543 pp. - (... ; 748)
Trotsky / trad. de José Luis González. - 2. ed. - [1-3]. - México, D.F. : Ed. Era, 1968-71. - (Colección El hombre
y su tiempo)
[1.] El profeta armado : 1879-1921. - 1970.
[2.] El profeta desarmado : 1921-1929. - 1968.
[3.] El profeta desterrado : 1929-1940. - 1971.
Trotsky. - [1-3]. - London [etc.] : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1970. - (Oxford paperbacks ; ...)
[1.] The prophet armed : 1879-1921. - VIII, 540 pp. - (... ; 227)
[2.] The prophet unarmed : 1921-1929. - XII, 490 pp. - (... ; 228)
[3.] The prophet outcast : 1929-1940. - XV, 543 pp. - (... ; 229)
Trotsky. - Rééd. / trad. de l'anglais par Jean Cler. - 1-6. - Paris : Union Génerale d'Ed., 1972-80. - (Collection 10/18
; ...)
1. Le prophète armé : 1879-1921. - 1. - 1972. - 441 pp. - (... ; 679)
2. Le prophète armé : 1879-1921. - 2. - 1972. - 448 pp. - (... ; 688)
3. Le prophète désarmé : 1921-1929. - 1. - 1979. - 275 pp. - (... ; 1312)
4. Le prophète désarmé : 1921-1929. - 2. - 1979. - pp.276-639 - (... ; 1313)
5. Le prophète hors de la loi : 1929-1940. - 1. - 1980. - 349 pp. - (... ; 1387)
6. Le prophète hors de la loi : 1929-1940. - 2. - 1980. - pp.350-692 - (... ; 1388)
Trotsky / trad. de José Luis González. - 3. ed. - [1-3]. - México, D.F. : Ed. Era, 1973-75. - (Colección El hombre
y su tiempo)
[1.] El profeta armado : 1879-1921. - 1973.
[2.] El profeta desarmado : 1921-1929. - 1974.
[3.] El profeta desterrado : 1929-1940. - 1975.
Trotsky / trad. de José Luis González. - 4. ed. - [1-3]. - México, D.F. : Ed. Era, 1976-79. - (Colección El hombre
y su tiempo)
[1.] El profeta armado : 1879-1921. - 1976.
[2.] El profeta desarmado : 1921-1929. - 1976.
[3.] El profeta desterrado : 1929-1940. - 1979.
Trotsky. - [1-3]. - London [etc.] : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1980. - (A galaxy book ; ...)
[1.] The prophet armed : 1879-1921. - VIII, 540 pp. - (... ; 605)
[2.] The prophet unarmed : 1921-1929. - XII, 490 pp. - (... ; 606)
[3.] The prophet outcast : 1929-1940. - XIII, 543 pp. - (... ; 607)
Trotsky. - [New ed.] - [1-3]. - London [etc.] : Verso, 2003.
[1.] The prophet armed : Trotsky, 1879-1921. - X, 497 pp.
[2.] The prophet unarmed : Trotsky, 1921-1929. - XIV, 444 pp.
[3.] The prophet outcast : Trotsky, 1929-1940. - XII, 484 pp.
Trotsky, in: International encyclopaedia of the social sciences, 16, London, 1968, pp. 155-159
Trotsky à Brest-Litovsk, in: Aux carrefours de l'histoire [ISSN 0567-252X], 1962 (55), pp. 14-33
Trotsky at his nadir, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Ironies of history, London etc., 1966, pp. 174-180
Trotsky at his nadir, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Ironies of history, Berkeley, Cal., 1971, pp. 174-180
Trotsky en 1921 : défaite dans la victoire / trad. de l'anglais par Paulette M. Péju, in: Les Temps modernes [ISSN
0040-3075], 14.1958/59 (156/157), pp. 1394-1432
Trotsky en nuestro tiempo, in: Deutscher, Isaac: El marxismo de nuestro tiempo, México, D.F., 1975, pp. 27-50
Trotsky en su nadir / trad. de Juan Ramón Capella, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Ironías de la historia, Barcelona, 1969,
pp. 197-204
Trotsky in our time, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Marxism in our time, London, 1972, pp. 31-62
Trotsky, León, in: Enciclopedia internacional de las ciencias sociales / dir. por D.L. Sills, 2. reimpr., 10, Madrid,
1979, pp. 534-537
Trotsky on Stalin, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Herectics and renegades and other essays, London, 1955, pp. 78-90
Trotsky on Stalin, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Russia in transition, and other essays, New York, NY, 1957.
Trotsky on Stalin, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Russia in transition, and other essays, Rev. ed., New York, NY, 1960.
Trotsky on Stalin, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Herectics and renegades and other essays, Indianapolis, Ind., 1969, pp.
78-90
Trotsky on Stalin, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Herectics and renegades and other essays, Re-issued, with a new introd.
by E.H. Carr, London, 1969, pp. 78-90
Trotsky pendant la révolution d'octobre / trad. par Paulette M. Péju. - [1-3], in: Les Temps modernes [ISSN
0040-3075], 13.1957 (137/138), pp. 174-206; 13.1957 (139) : pp. 478-499; 13.1957 (140) : pp. 699-728
Trotsky's place in history, in: The Militant <TSB 1026> [ISSN 0026-3885], 1960 (March 7)
Trotzki / [aus dem Engl. übers. von Harry Maor]. - 1-3. - Stuttgart : Kohlhammer, 1962-63
1. Der bewaffnete Prophet : 1879-1921. - 1962. - 554 pp.
2. Der unbewaffnete Prophet : 1921-1929. - 1962. - 501 pp.
3. Der verstoßene Prophet : 1929-1940. - 1963. - 543 pp.
Trotzki / [aus dem Engl. übers. von Harry Maor]. - 2. Aufl.. - 1-3. - Stuttgart [etc.] : Kohlhammer, 1972 -
(Urban-Taschenbücher ; ...)
1. Der bewaffnete Prophet : 1879-1921. - 554 pp. (... ; 158)
2. Der unbewaffnete Prophet : 1921-1929. - 501 pp. (... ; 159)
3. Der verstoßene Prophet : 1929-1940. - 543 pp. (... ; 160)
Trotzkij in unserer Zeit, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Marxismus und die UdSSR, Frankfurt a.M., 1974, pp. 23-53
Les vues de Léon Trotsky sur l'art et sur l'homme / trad. de l'anglais par Pierre Frank, in: Les Lettres nouvelles
[ISSN 0024-1407], 1962 (29), pp. 83-110
Was the revolution betrayed?, in: The New Statesman [ISSN 0028-6842 - ISSN 0028-6834], n.s. 54.1957 (1380),
pp. 217-218. [Book review]
Was the revolution betrayed?, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Marxism in our time, London, 1972, pp. 265-271. [Book review]
Die Wurzeln der Bürokratie, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Marxismus und die UdSSR, Frankfurt a.M., 1974, pp. 54-80
Beilharz, Peter: Trotsky, Trotskyism and the theory of the transition to socialism. - Clayton, Vic. : Monash Univ.,
1983. - XI, 467, V pp. [PhD] - [On pp.335-399: History and transition : Isaac Deutscher]
Beilharz, Peter: Trotsky, Trotskyism and the transition to socialism. - London [etc.] : Croom Helm, 1987. - 197 pp.
[On pp. 150-181: History and transition : Issac Deutscher]
Flapan, Simcha: 5. Juni 1967, der arabisch-israelische Krieg : (eine Antwort an Isaac Deutscher) / ins Deutsche
übertr. von E. Rauch. - Frankfurt a.M. : Borochev-Pr., 1969. - 104 pp. - (Sozialistisch-zionistische Mono-
graphien)
Flapan, Simcha: 1967 års krig mellan Israel och arabstaterna / förord av Svante Foerster. - Stockholm : Judiska In-
formationskommittén i Sverige, 1969. - 44 pp.
Flapan, Simcha: La guerre israélo-arabe du 6 juin 1967. - [Paris] : Cercle Bernard Lazare, [ca. 1968]. - 41 pp.
Gleisner, Jeffrey Irving: Isaac Deutscher and Soviet Russia / J.I. Gleisner. - [Birmingham] : Centre for Russian and
East European Studies, 1971. - 38 pp. - (CREES discussion papers : Series RC /C, Sociology and political
science ; 5)
Hvidsten, Thomas A.: Isaac Deutscher : a revolutionary optimist looks at Soviet history and the future of socialism.
- V, 131 pp. [Tempe, Ariz., Arizona State Univ., Thesis (M.A.), 1975]
Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz. - London : Macdonald, 1971. - 254 pp. [Contents:
p.9 Introduction/D. Horowitz, p.17 Reminiscences (p.19 Armed with a pen: notes for a political portrait of Isaac
Deutscher/D. Singer, p.57 Work in progress/T. Deutscher, p.88 A working-class tribute/L. Daly), p.95 Historian and
theoretician (p.97 Isaac Deutscher as historian of the Russian revolution/M. Liebman, p.115 The theory of
revolutions/C. Hill, p.132 The dilemma of de-Stalinization: the future as history/L. Menashe), p.177 Intellectual,
Marxist, activist (p.179 That dazzling rainbow/V.G. Kiernan, p.211 Deutscher and the new left in America/S. Unger,
p.226 On the bibliography of Isaac Deutscher's writings/T. Deutscher), p.235 Selected bibliography, p.249 Index]
Kendall, Walter: Isaac Deutscher 1907-1967 : a critical appreciation on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death /
Walter Kendall ; Alistair Mitchell and Ken Tarbuck. - Worthing, West Sussex : Marken Pr., 1992. - 25 pp.
- (A Marken Press publication) [Contents: p.1 Twenty-five years on/K. Tarbuck, p.3 Ten years without Deutscher:
an appraisal of the man and his influence/K. Tarbuck, p.11 Deutscher as an independent thinker: Deutscher's criticisms
of Trotsky, a survey and an evaluation/A. Mitchell, p.19 Deutscher as a prophet/W. Kendall, p.23 Tamara Deutscher
(1913-1990)/K. Tarbuck]
Mandell, William: A reply to Isaac Deutscher "On socialist man". - New York, NY : Political Affairs, 1967. - 36
pp. - (A Political Affairs reprint) [Originally publ. in Political Affairs, 46.1967 (12)]
Marcus, Shmuel: Marxism & a free society : an anarchist reply to Isaac Deutscher's address on "Socialist man" [...]
- Sanday : Simian Publ., 1976. - 16 pp.
Nelson, Brian Robert: Isaac Deutscher and contemporary Marxism. - VIII, 224 pp. [Riverside, Cal., Univ. of California,
Diss. (PhD), 1972. - Contents: p.9 The dilemma of contemporary Marxism, an historical analysis, p.45 Deutscher on
Leninism, p.66 Deutscher on Stalinism, p.121 Deutscher on de-Stalinization, p.189 Isaac Deutscher and contemporary
Marxism]
Syré, Ludger: Isaac Deutscher - Marxist, Publizist, Historiker : sein Leben und Werk 1907-1967. - Hamburg :
Junius, 1984. - 422 pp. - (Reihe Forschungsberichte) [=Author's diss. (PhD), Tübingen, Eberhard-Karls-Univ.,
1983. - Contents: p.11 Einleitung, p.21 Isaac Deutschers persönlicher und politischer Werdegang in Polen
(1907-1939), p.63 Isaac Deutschers Publizistik im Zweiten Weltkrieg (1939-1945), p.159 Isaac Deutschers Publizistik
im ersten Nachkriegsjahrzehnt (1946-1956), p.241 Isaac Deutschers Publizistik seit der Tauwetterperiode (1957-1967),
p.336 Schluß: Deutscher, der unvollendete Prophet, p.339 Anmerkungen, p.400 Bibliographie, p.417
Personenregister]
Tilitz, Thomas: Isaac Deutscher : a singular voice on the critical issues of the Russian revolution and Soviet power.
- New York, NY : Queens College, 1999. - 120 pp. [New York, NY, Queens College, Thesis (M.A.), 1999]
Veen, Hermien van: Isaac Deutscher papers, period 1929-1967 (-1972). - 21 Kb (9 pp.), URL:
http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/d/10748983full.php [Description of the Isaac Deutscher papers deposited at the
IISG, Amsterdam. Updated June 8, 2005]
Wang Fanxi: Isaac Deutscher, Chen Duxiu, and the Chinese Trotskyists : a comment on Deutscher's The prophet
outcast / Wang Fanxi. Ed. by Gregor Benton. - Leeds : Dept. of East Asian Studies, Univ. of Leeds, 1993.
- 20 pp. - (Leeds East Asia papers ; 23)
[Anon.]: Deutscher, Isaac (Peregrine), 1907-1967, in: Contemporary authors : New revision series [ISSN 0275-
7176] 4.1981, pp. 194-195. [Biographical sketch]
[Anon.]: Deutscher, Isaac (Peregrine), 1907-1967, in: Contemporary authors : first revision [ISSN 0196-0245] 5/8
(1969) : p. 301. [Biographical sketch]
[Anon.]: Isaac Deutscher - polnisch-britischer Journalist und Schriftsteller, in: Internationales biographisches
Archiv : IBA [ISSN 0020-9457], 1967 (42). [Biographical sketch]
[Anon.]: Deutscher, Isaac, in: World authors 1950-1970 / ed. by John Wakeman, New York, NY, 1975, pp. 383-
385. [Biographical sketch. On pp. 383-384: autobiographical notes by I. Deutscher]
[Anon.]: Isaac Deutscher, 60, is dead - an authority on communism, in: The New York Times [ISSN 0362-4331]
1967, Aug. 20, p. 88. [Obituary]
[Anon.]: [Obituary], in: International Correspondence / International Committee of the Fourth International <TSB
0688> 1.1967 (12), pp. 161-162
[Anon.]: Isaac Deutscher, in: Obituaries from The Times [ISSN 0951-2284] 1961/70 (1975), p. 211. [Obituary. Repr.
from The Times, 1967 (Aug. 21)]
[Anon.]: Mr Isaac Deutscher : leading scholar of revolutionary Marxism, in: The Times [ISSN 0140-0460] 1967
(Aug. 21), p. 8. [Obituary]
Ali, Tariq: Isaac Deutscher - ein marxistischer Historiker im Kalten Krieg, in: Was tun : sozialistische Zeitung <TSB
1818> [ISSN 0043-0404], 10.1977 (187), pp. 13-14. [Originally publ. in Engl. in: Socialist Challenge, 1977
(Aug. 11)] [Biographical sketch]
Anderson, Perry: The legacy of Isaac Deutscher, in: Anderson, Perry: A zone of engagement, London [etc.], 1992,
pp. 56-75
Anderson, Perry: El legado de Isaac Deutscher, in: Anderson, Perry: Campos de batalla / Perre Anderson, Barcelo-
na, 1998
Aron, Raymond: Un croisé de l'anti-anti-communisme, in: Preuves [ISSN 0555-0939] 1954 (Mai), pp. 66-70
Aron, Raymond: La Russie après Staline, in: Preuves [ISSN 0555-0939], 1953 (Oct.), pp. 5-13
Ash, Bill: The old "new" anti-left : is Isaac Deutscher a Marxist?, in: Progressive Labor [ISSN 0033-0795], 1967
(Febr./March), pp. 59-63
Beilharz, Peter: Isaac Deutscher : history and necessity, in: History of Political Thought [ISSN 0143-781X], 7.1986
(2), pp. 375-384
Bergman, Stefan: Deutscher, Izaak, in: Sownik biograficzny dziaaczy polskiego ruchu robotniczego / red.: Feliks
Tych, 1, A-D, supl. do pierwszego wyd., Warszawa, 1985, pp. 51-52. [Biographical sketch]
Bergmann, Theodor: Isaac Deutscher - ein jüdischer Ketzer im Kommunismus, in: Utopie kreativ [ISSN 0863-
4890], 1998 (97/98), pp. 95-107
Bergmann, Theodor: Isaac Deutscher - Internationalist im Zeitalter der Nationalstaaten, in: Langer Marsch : Zeitung
für eine neue Linke, 1979 (45/46), pp. 26-28
Bergmann, Theodor: Rosa Luxemburg and Isaac Deutscher : two Jewish communist heretics, in: New Interventions
[ISSN 1464-6757] 9.1999 (3), pp. 30-38
Black, Robert: Deutscher and Dutt against the Chinese revolution, in: The Newsletter / Central Committee of the
Socialist labour League <TSB 1102>, 1967 (Febr. 4)
Black, Robert: The ironies of Isaac Deutscher, in: Fourth International : a journal of international Marxism <TSB
0536> [ISSN 0015-9204], 4.1967 (1), pp.18-31
Cannon, James P.: Trotsky or Deutscher? : on the new revisionism and its theoretical source, in: Fourth Interna-
tional <TSB 0532>, 15.1954 (Winter), pp. 9-16
Carr, Edward Hallett: [Obituary], in: Carr, Edward Hallett: 1917 : illusioni e realtà della revoluzione russa / trad.:
Luca Baranelli, Torino, 1970, pp. 209-211
Cliff, Tony: The end of the road? : Deutscher's capitulation to Stalinism, in: International Socialism <TSB 0709>
[ISSN 0020-8736], 1963/64 (15), pp. 10-20
Coser, Lewis Alfred: But on other terms, in: Dissent [ISSN 0012-3846], 1954 (Winter), pp. 234-241
Cox, Michael: E. H. Carr and Isaac Deutscher - a very 'special relationship', in: E. H. Carr : a critical appraisal /
ed. by Michael Cox, Houndsmills, Basingstoke [etc.], 2000, pp. 125-144. [ Based on author's contribution to
an international conference on E.H. Carr, held in July 1997 at the University of Wales at Gregynog. Also publ. in
Newsletter / London Socialist Historians Group, 2001 (12)]
Daly, Lawrence: A working-class tribute, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz ,
London, 1971, pp. 88-93
Deutscher, Tamara: The education of a Jewish child, in: Deutscher, Isaac: The non-Jewish Jew and other essays
/ ed. with an introd. by Tamara Deutscher, London [etc.], 1968, pp. 1-24
Deutscher, Tamara: L'educazione di un fanciullo ebreo, in: Deutscher, Isaac: L'ebreo non ebreo e altri saggi / a
cura di Tamara Deutscher. Trad. di Francesco Franconeri, [Milano], 1969, pp. 13-36
Deutscher, Tamara: Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967), in: Deutscher, Isaac: L'ebreo non ebreo e altri saggi / a cura di
Tamara Deutscher. Trad. di Francesco Franconeri, [Milano], 1969, pp. 5-9. [Biographical sketch]
Deutscher, Tamara: On the bibliography of Isaac Deutscher's writings, in: Canadian Slavic Studies = Revue cana-
dienne d'études slaves [ISSN 0090- 8290] 3.1969 (3), pp. 473-479
Deutscher, Tamara: On the bibliography of Isaac Deutscher's writings, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work
/ ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, pp. 226-234
Deutscher, Tamara: Work in progress, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz , London,
1971, pp. 57-87
Dowson, Ross: Socialist writer historian dies, in: Workers' Vanguard <TSB 1874> [ISSN 0509-1454], 1967 (133).
[Obituary]
Foa, Lisa: Isaac Deutscher, storico della rivoluzione sovietica, in: Rivista di storia contemporanea [ISSN 0391-
4240], 1972 (1), pp. 31-49
Frank, Pierre: Isaac Deutscher, in: Quatrième Internationale <TSB 1282> [ISSN 0771-0569 - ISSN 0765-1740]
25.1967 (32), pp. 62-65. [Obituary]
Frank, Pierre: Isaac Deutscher, in: World Outlook = Perspective mondiale <TSB 1886> 5.1967 (30), pp. 755-756.
[Obituary]
Geisel, Eike: Die gegenwärtige Vergangenheit : zur Aktualität von Isaac Deutschers Schriften zur jüdischen Frage
/ Eike Geisel ; Mario Offenberg, in: Deutscher, Isaac: Die ungelöste Judenfrage : zur Dialektik von Antise-
mitismus und Zionismus / mit einer Vorbemerkung von Tamara Deutscher. Übers. und Nachw. von Eike
Geisel und Mario Offenberg, Berlin, 1977, pp. 105-142
Goldsmith, Samuel Joseph: Isaac Deutscher : the original sovietologist / S.J. Goldsmith, in: Goldsmith, Samuel
Joseph: Twenty 20th century Jews / S.J. Goldsmith. Drawings by Juliet Pannett , New York, NY, 1962, pp.
37-43 [& later ed., publ. by Books for Libraries, Freeport, NY]
Gordon, Sam: Deutschers Meinung über die Trotzkisten / J.B. Stuart [i.e. Sam Gordon], in: Die Internationale
<TSB 0731> [ISSN 0535-4005], 10.1965 (1), pp. 51-63
Gordon, Sam: Deutscher's view of the Trotskyists / J.B. Stuart [i.e. Sam Gordon]. - [1-2], in: World Outlook =
Perspective mondiale <TSB 1886> 2.1964 (16), pp. 26-29; 2.1964 (17), pp. 32-37
Graham, Marcus: Marxism & a free society : an anarchist reply to Isaac Deutscher's address on "Socialist man" with
particular reference to the minutes of the First International and the sabotaging of the Hague Congress by
the Marx clique. - Sanday : Simian Publ., 1976. - 16 pp.
Grossman, Ronald Philip: Between Zion and utopia / Ronald P. Grossman, in: Canadian Slavic Studies = Revue
canadienne d'études slaves [ISSN 0090-8290], 3.1969 (3), pp. 490-493
Grötzinger, Ralf: Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967), in: Inprekorr : internationale Pressekorrespondenz der IV. Interna-
tionale <TSB 0654> [ISSN 0256-4416], 1988 (199), pp. 23-25 [Biographical sketch, on the occasion of the 20th
anniversary of Deutscher's death]
Haas, Leonhard: Trotzki: Seher oder Blinder? : Stimmen über Leiba Bronstein und Deutschers Werk über ihn, in:
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte [ISSN 0036-7834] 15.1965, pp. 467-506. [Review of reviews]
Haas, Leonhard: Zur Neuauflage von Deutschers Stalin-Biographie : Gedanken, Kritiken, Hinweise, in: Schweize-
rische Zeitschrift für Geschichte [ISSN 0036-7834] 13.1963, pp. 220-241
Hill, Christopher: The theory of revolutions, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz ,
London, 1971, pp. 115-131
Howe, Irving: Isaac Deutscher : freedom and the ash can of history, in: Howe, Irving: Steady work : essays in the
politics of democratic radicalism, 1953-1966, New York, NY, 1966.
Isaac Deutscher in memoriam : symposium, in: Canadian Slavic Studies = Revue canadienne d'études slaves [ISSN
0090-8290] 3.1969 (3), pp. 447-493. [See also under Deutscher, Tamara; Ronald Philip Grossman; Louis Menashe]
Jacobson, Julius: Isaac Deutscher : the anatomy of an apologist, [1-2.], in: New Politics [ISSN 0028-6494], 3.1964
(4), pp. 95-121; 5.1966 (2), pp. 47-85
Jacobson, Julius: Isaac Deutscher : the anatomy of an apologist, in: Soviet communism and the socialist vision / ed.
by Julius Jacobson, New Brunswick, NJ, 1972, pp. 86-162
Jones, Mike: Isaac Deutscher : Ketzer des Kommunismus und Trotzkismus / Mike Jones ; Alistair Mitchell, in:
Ketzer im Kommunismus : Alternativen zum Stalinismus / Theodor Bergmann ; Mario Keßler (Hg.) ,
Mainz, 1993, pp. 286-305. [Contents: p.286 Politische Aktivitäten im Vorkriegspolen, p.288 Die Emigration, p.290
Die Schriften, p.295 Deutschers Differenzen mit Trotzki, p.304 Schluß]
Jünke, Christoph: Die Geister der Vergangenheit : vor dreißig Jahren starb der Marxist Isaak Deutscher, in: Analyse
& Kritik : AK ; Zeitung für linke Debatte und Praxis [ISSN 0945-1153], N.F. 27.1997 (406), p. 3.
[Biographical sketch]
Kaye, Harvey J.: A note in memory od Isaac Deutscher, historian and socialist intellectual (1907-1967), in: Kaye,
Harvey J.: Why do ruling classes fear history / with a foreword by Daniel Singer , Basingstoke [etc.], 1996.
Kehrnon, Michel: Apropos d'une source de Deutscher, in: Cahiers Léon Trotsky <TSB 0277> [ISSN 0181-0790]
1979 (2), pp. 89-98
Kendall, Walter: Deutscher as a prophet, in: Kendall, Walter: Isaac Deutscher 1907-1967 : a critical appreciation
on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death / Walter Kandall ; Alistair Mitchell and Ken Tarbuck ,
Worthing, West Sussex, 1992, pp. 19-22
Kendall, Walter: Isaac Deutscher as a prophet, in: New Interventions [ISSN 1464-6757] 11.2004 (4), pp.15-18
Kennan, George Frost: Kritik an Deutscher, in: Ost-Probleme [ISSN 0472-2027] , 5.1953 (39), pp. 1668-1671
Kiernan, V.G.: That dazzling rainbow, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London,
1971, pp. 179-210
Labedz, Leopold: Deutscher as historian and prophet, in: Survey [ISSN 0039-6192], 1962 (41), pp. 120-144. [For
a sequel see author's Isaac Deutscher's "Stalin" (1979)]
Labedz, Leopold: Isaac Deutscher / [Leopold Labedz], in: Survey [ISSN 0039-6192], 30.1988 (1/2=128/129 = The
use and abuse of Sovietology), pp. 33-93. [Pt. 1 titled Historian & prophet (1962), pt. 2 titled Deutscher's "Stalin"
(1978). Title according to table of contents: Isaac Deutscher : historian, prophet, biographer. Author only mentioned
on cover]
Labedz, Leopold: Isaac Deutscher storiografo e profeta, in: Tempo presente [ISSN 0040-3059] 7.1962, pp. 291-310
Labedz, Leopold: Isaac Deutscher's "Stalin" : an unpublished critique, in: Encounter [ISSN 0013-7073], 52.1979
(1), pp. 65-82. [Probably a sequel to author's Deutscher as historian and prophet (1962)]
Landmann, Michael: Antwort an Isaak [sic] Deutscher, in: Landmann, Michael: Das Israelpseudos der Pseudo-
linken / Michael Landmann ; Schlomo Deregh ; S. Barel, Berlin, 1967
Liebman, Marcel: Isaac Deutscher as historian of the Russian revolution, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work
/ ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, pp. 97-114
Mandel, Ernest: Mandel on Deutscher, in: Socialist Challenge <TSB 1501> [ISSN 0142-6575], 1977 (11), p. 14.
[Tribute written on the ocassion of the 10th anniversary of Deutscher's death]
Mandell, William; A reply to Isaac Deutscher, in: Political Affairs [ISSN 0032-3128], 46.1967 (12), pp. 22-36
Meghnagi, David: Isaac Deutscher : un ebreo di confine, in: Ebraismo e cultura europea del '900 / cur.: M.
Brunazzi [et al.], Firenze, 1990, pp. 113-122
Menashe, Louis: The dilemma of de-stalinization : the future as history, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work
/ ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, pp. 132-175
Menashe, Louis: Isaac Deutscher, socialist historian : a brief appreciation, in: Canadian Slavic Studies = Revue ca-
nadienne d'études slaves [ISSN 0090-8290] 3.1969 (3), pp. 447-452
Meyer, Alfred George: [Obituary] / Alfred G. Meyer, in: Slavic Review [ISSN 0037-6779] 26.1967 (4), pp. 714-715
Miliband, Ralph: Deutscher, Isaac / R.M. [i.e. Ralph Miliband], in: A dictionary of Marxist thought / ed. by Tom
Bottomore [et al.] - Oxford, 1983, pp. 119-120 [& later ed.] [Biographical sketch]
Mitchell, Alistair: Deutscher as an independant thinker: Deutscher's criticisms of Trotsky; a survey and an
evaluation, in: Kendall, Walter: Isaac Deutscher 1907-1967 : a critical appreciation on the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his death / Walter Kandall ; Alistair Mitchell and Ken Tarbuck, Worthing, West Sussex,
1992, pp. 11-18
Muraskin, Bennett: Jewish humanists remembered : Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967), in: Outlook / Canadian Jewish
Outlook Society [ISSN 0834-0242], 2001 (Jan./Febr.)
Novack, George: From Lenin to Castro : the role of the individual in history making, in: Novack, George: Under-
standing history : Marxist essays, New York, NY, 1972, pp. 71-81
Novack, George: Importance of the individual in history making / William F. Warde [i.e. George Novack], in:
International Socialist Review <TSB 0715> [ISSN 0020-8744], 26.1965 (1), pp. 3-7
Novack, George: Isaac Deutscher / William F. Warde [i.e. George Novack], in: The Militant <TSB 1026>, 31.1967
(Sept. 11), p.8. [Obituary]
Pablo, Michel: Isaac Deutscher and Soviet democracy / Michel Raptis [Pablo], in: Raptis, Michel: Socialism, demo-
cracy and self-management : political essays / transl. by Marie-Jo Serrié and Richard Sissons, New York,
NY, 1980, pp. 86-96 [& other ed.]
Pachter, Henry: And can there be peace / Henri Rabasseire [i.e. Henry Pachter], in: Dissent [ISSN 0012-3846], 1954
(Summer), pp.242-247
Pouillon, Jean: Staline - Catoblépas au Phénix?, in: Les Temps modernes [ISSN 0040-3075], 1954 (103), pp. 2232-
2247
Pratt, Malcolm: The tragedy ofthe outcast : Isaac Deutscher's interpretation of Trotsky's years in exile, in: Pratt,
Malcolm: Interpreting Trotsky's years in exile, London, Univ. of Greenwich, M.A. thesis, 1993, pp. 11-41
Rosdolsky, Roman: Die Rolle des Zufalls und der "großen Männer" in der Geschichte, in: Kritik : Zeitschrift für
sozialistische Diskussion [ISSN 0170-4761], 1977 (14), pp. 67-96
Rosenberg, Justin: Isaac Deutscher and the lost history of international relations, in: New Left Review [ISSN 0028-
6060], 1996 (215), pp. 3-15
Rosenberg, Justin: Isaac Deutscher y la historia perdida de las relaciones internacionales, in: Viento sur : por una
izquierda alternativa [ISSN 1133-5637], 1996 (Dec.)
Schlesinger, Rudolf: British studies on the history of the Soviet Union, in: Science and Society [ISSN 0036-8237],
1961 (Winter), pp. 1-19
Sedgwick, Peter: Tragedy of the tragedian : an appreciation of Isaac Deutscher, in: International Socialism <TSB
0709> [ISSN 0020-8736], 1967/68 (31), pp. 10-17
Shachtman, Max: Deutscher's Stalin, in: The fate of the Russian revolution / ed. by Sean Matgamna, London, 1998,
pp. 515-530
Shachtman, Max: Issac Deutscher's Stalin, in: Workers' Liberty <TSB 1844> [ISSN 0960-8753], 1989 (11), pp.
26-33. [Repr. from The New International, 16.1950 (Sept./Oct.)]
Singer, Daniel: Armed with a pen : notes for a political portrait of Isaac Deutscher, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man
and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, pp. 19-56
Smith, Cyril: The practice and theory of Isaac Deutscher, in: Labour Review <TSB 0882> [ISSN 0456-9946 ; ISSN
0140-1270], 1.1977 (6), pp. 325-347
Sochor, Lubomir: The importance of Isaac Deutscher's work as seen by a Czechoslovak intellectual, in: Interconti-
nental Press <TSB 0657>) [ISSN 0020-5303 ; ISSN 0162-5594], 6.1968 (29), pp. 738-742
Sochor, Lubomir: Isaac Deutscher, in: Literární listy : týdenik Svazu fS, 1.1968(1), p.10
Suny, Ronald Gregor: Making sense of Stalin : some recent and not-so-recent biographies, in: Russian History
[ISSN 0094-288X], 16.1989 (2/4), pp. 435-448
Tarbuck, Ken: 10 years without Deutscher, in: International <TSB 0673> [ISSN 0020-5788 ; ISSN 0308-3217],
4.1977 (1)
Tarbuck, Ken: Ten years without Deutscher : an appraisal of the man and his influence, in: Kendall, Walter: Isaac
Deutscher 1907-1967 : a critical appreciation on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death / Walter Kendall
; Alistair Mitchell and Ken Tarbuck, Worthing, West Sussex, 1992, pp. 3-10
Tresse, Pierre: Russia : methods of analysis, in: Dissent [ISSN 0012-3846], 1954 (Autumn), pp. 399-405
Unger, Steven: Deutscher and the New Left in America, in: Isaac Deutscher : the man and his work / ed. by David
Horowitz, London, 1971, pp. 211-225
Van Heijenoort, Jean: Correction of errors in writings about Trotsky, in: Van Heijenoort, Jean: With Trotsky in exile
: from Prinkipo to Coyoacán, Cambridge, Mass. [etc.], 1978, pp. 151-160. [On pp. 153-155 correction of
errors occuring in the Trotsky trilogy]
Willen, Paul: What manner of chance in Russia, in: Dissent [ISSN 0012-3846], 1955 (Winter), pp. 71-75
[Anon.]: [Review] / E.B., in: Il Politico [ISSN 0032-325X], 29.1964 (2), pp. 534-535
[Anon.]: [Review] Attualità di Trotzky, in: Corrispondenza socialista [ISSN 0010-9304], 6.1965 (8/9), pp. 471-472
Anagnine, Eugenio: [Review] / E. Anagnine, in: Critica sociale [ISSN 0011-1538], 55.1963 (22), pp. 600-604
Aronson, Ronald: [Review] The impermanent revolution, in: The Nation [ISSN 0027-8378], 280.2005 (March 14)
Ascherson, Neal: [Review] Victory in defeat, in: London Review of Books [ISSN 0260-9592], 26.2004 (23), p. 3
Ballarino, Tito: [Review], in: Il Politico [ISSN 0032-325X], 21.1956 (3), pp. 661-665
Barghoorn, Frederick Charles: [Review] / F. Barghoorn, in: The American Slavic and East European Review [ISSN
1049-7544], 19.1960 (1), pp. 105-106
Barghoorn, Frederick Charles: [Review] A mover and shaker / Frederick C. Barghoorn, in: The New York Times
[ISSN 0362-4331], 1954 (March 7), p. BR7
Baylen, Joseph Oscar: [Review] / Joseph O. Baylen, in: Mississippi Quarterly [ISSN 0026-637X], 13.1960 (1), pp.
46-48
Beloff, Max: [Review] A revolutionary dynamo, in: History today [ISSN 0018-2753], 4.1954 (3), pp. 207-209
Birchall, Ian: [Review] All along the watchtower, in: Socialist Review <TSB 1521> [ISSN 0141-2442], 2004 (Jan.)
Bolsover, George Henry: [Review] / G.H. Bolsover, in: History [ISSN 0018-2648], n.s. 46.1961 (156), p. 169
Breitman, George: [Review] Exchange of views on Deutscher biography / George Breitman and Joseph Hansen,
in: International Socialist Review < TSB 0715> [ISSN 0020-8744] 25.1964 (3), pp. 66, 90, 95
Brinkley, George A.: [Review article] The Russian revolution and its heroes, in: The Review of Politics [ISSN
0034-6705], 27.1965 (2), pp. 262-268
Brinton, Crane: [Review] Trotsky : from power to exile, in: The Nation [ISSN 0027-8378], 189.1959 (15)
Burnham, James: [Review], in: The Russian Review [ISSN 0036-0341], 14.1955 (1), pp. 151-152
Caratan, Branko: [Review] Deutscherov Trocki, in: Politigka misao [ISSN 0032-2341], 13.1976 (2/3), pp. 145-158
Carr, Edward Hallett: [Review] The tragedy of Trotsky, in: Carr, Edward H.: 1917: before and after, London, 1969,
pp. 139-166. [Reviews originally publ. in The Times Literary Supplement at various dates]
Carr, Edward Hallett: [Review] The tragedy of Trotsky, in: In: Carr, Edward H.: The October revolution, London,
1969, pp. 139-166. [Reviews originally publ. in The Times Literary Supplement at various dates]
Carr, Edward Hallett: [Review] The tragedy of Trotsky, in: Carr, Edward H.: The October revolution, New York,
NY, 1971, pp. 139-166. [Reviews originally publ. in The Times Literary Supplement at various dates]
Carrère d'Encausse, Hélène: [Review] / H. Carrère d'Encausse, in: Revue française de science politique [ISSN
0035-2950], 13.1963 (4), pp. 1056-1059
Cherniavskii, Georgii Iosifovich: [Review] Strasti vokrug proroka / G. Cherniavskii, in: Novyj mir [ISSN 0130-
7673] 1992 (6=806), pp. 249-252
Christophersen, Jens Andreas: [Review] / Jens A. Christophersen, in: Historisk tidsskrift [ISSN 0018-263X] 43.
1964 (3/4), pp. 319-324
Curtiss, John Shelton: [Review], in: The South Atlantic Quarterly [ISSN 0038-2876], 54.1955 (2), pp. 271-272
Davidson, Neil: [Review] The prophet, his biographer and the watchtower, in: International Socialism <TSB 0709>
[ISSN 0020-8736], 2004 (104), pp .95-118
Degras, Jane: [Review], in: Soviet Studies [ISSN 0038-5859], 6.1954/55 (1), pp. 53-56
Eastman, Max: [Review], in: The Russian Review [ISSN 0036-0341], 23.1964 (2), pp. 182-184
Fischer, Louis: [Review] Trotsky, Stalin, and Deutscher, in: The Virginia Quarterly Review [ISSN 0042-675X],
40.1964 (2), pp. 307-313
Fitzsimons, Matthew Anthony: [Review article] The tragedy of Trotsky : a tactician who never penetrated reality
/ M.A. Fitzsimons, in: The Commonweal [ISSN 0010-3330], 79.1964 (Febr.), pp. 598-600
Footman, David: [Review], in: Political Studies [ISSN 0032-3217], 8.1960 (1), pp. 92-93
Frank, Pierre: [Review], in: Fourth International / International Executive Committee of the Fourth International
<TSB 0535> [ISSN 0429-2790], 1959 (7), pp. 79-80
Frank, Pierre: [Review], in: Quatrième Internationale <TSB 1282> [ISSN 0771-0569 - ISSN 0765-1740], 18.1960
(8), pp. 52-55
Frank, Pierre: [Review] Une biographie de Trotsky, in: Quatrième Internationale <TSB 1282> [ISSN 0771-0569
- ISSN 0765-1740], 12.1954 (3/5), pp. 33-44
Frank, Pierre: [Review] Encore une fois sur la biographie de L. Trotsky par I. Deutscher, in: Quatrième Internatio-
nale <TSB 1282> [ISSN 0771-0569 - ISSN 0765-1740], 22.1964 (23), pp. 58-64
Futrell, Michel: [Review]], in: History [ISSN 0018-2648], 49.1964 (165), pp. 107-108
Geltman, Emanuel: [Review] A political biography, in: Dissent [ISSN 0012-3846], 1.1954 (4), pp. 408-409
Gretton, George: [Review] Not to the swift, in: History Today [ISSN 0018-2753], 9.1959, p. 843
Grulow, Leo: [Review], in: Political Science Quarterly [ISSN 0032-3195], 69.1954 (4), pp. 627-629
Guattari, Félix: [Review article] La coupure léniniste, in: Critique [ISSN 0011-1600], 1971 (289), pp. 563-576
Hansen, Joseph: [Review] La biographie de Trotsky d'Isaac Deutscher / J. Hansen, in: Quatrième Internationale
<TSB 1282> [ISSN 0771-0569 - ISSN 0765-1740], 22.1964 (21), pp. 42-52
Hansen, Joseph: [Review] Deutscher on Trotsky, in: International Socialist Review <TSB 0715> [ISSN 0020-8744],
25.1964 (1), pp. 11-16
Hansen, Joseph: [Review] Deutscher's life of Leon Trotsky, in: International Socialist Review <TSB 0715> [ISSN
0020-8744], 21.1960 (1), pp. 24-26
Hill, Christopher: [Review], in: Soviet Studies [ISSN 0038-5859], 11.1959/60 (3), pp. 317-323
Hitchens, Christopher: [Review] The old man, in: The Atlantic Monthly [ISSN 0004-6795 - ISSN 0276-9077 - ISSN
1072-7825], 294.2004 (1), pp. 152-158
Hook, Sidney: [Review] The cunning of history, in: The New Leader [ISSN 0028-6044], 47.1964 (May 11), pp.
15-18. [Comment: A correction appeared in ibid., May 25, p.35, a response by M. Nomad in ibid., June 22, p.32-33
and a reply by S. Hook in ibid., p.33. Repr. in author's Philosophy and public policy, Carbondale, Ill., 1980]
Horecky, Paul Louis: [Review] / Paul L. Horecky, in: The Journal of Politics [ISSN 0022-3816], 16.1954 (4), pp.
754-758
Howe, Irving: [Review] The life of Trotsky, in: The New Republic [ISSN 0028-6583], 150.1964 (March 21), pp.
20-23
Humphrey, Gay: [Review], in: Journal of International Affairs [ISSN 0022-197X], 8.1954 (2), pp. 226
James, Cyril Lionel Robert: [Review] Indomitable rebel / C.L.R. James, in: New Society [ISSN 0028-6664], 1963
(61), p. 26
Kadt, Jacques de: [Review] Trotsky door Deutschers bril : voortgezette verteckning / J. de Kadt, in: Socialisme en
democratie [ISSN 0037-8135], 1961 (Dec.), pp. 858-861
Kadt, Jacques de: [Review] Een verdediging van het "edel-bolsjewisme" : Isaac Deutschers "Trotsky" / J. de Kadt,
in: Socialisme en democratie [ISSN 0037-8135], 1955 (March), pp. 154-161
Keep, John Leslie Howard: [Review] / J.L.H. Keep, in: The English Historical Review [ISSN 0013-8266], 76.1961
(301), pp. 756-757
Labedz, Leopold: [Review] The end of Trotsky, in: The Guardian [ISSN 0261-3077], 1963 (Oct.25), p. 6
Lichtheim, George: [Review] The armed intellectual, in: Partisan Review [ISSN 0031-2525], 27.1960 (1), pp.
155-160
Liebman, Marcel: [Review] Retour à Trotsky : à propos de la biographie de Trotsky par Isaac Deutscher, in: Les
Temps modernes [ISSN 0040-3075], 20.1965 (230), pp. 132-152
Litvinoff, Emanuel: [Review] Trotsky and the death of the revolution, in: The Guardian [ISSN 0261-3077], 1959
(Oct.9), p. 6
Macintyre, Alasdair: [Review] Trotsky in exile, in: Encounter [ISSN 0013-7073], 21.1963 (4), pp. 73-78
McNeal, Robert Hatch: [Review] / Robert H. McNeal, in: The Canadian Historical Review [ISSN 0008-3755],
41.1960 (2), pp. 166-167
McNeal, Robert Hatch: [Review] / Robert H. McNeal, in: The Canadian Historical Review [ISSN 0008-3755],
46.1965 (1), pp. 79-81
Meyer, Alfred George: [Review] / Alfred G. Meyer, in: The American Political Science Review [ISSN 0003-0554],
54.1960 (2), pp. 509-510
Mosse, Werner Eugen Emil: [Review] / W.E. Mosse, in: History [ISSN 0018-2648], n.s. 41.1956, pp. 268-269
Oberländer, Erwin: [Review], in: Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas [ISSN 0021-4019], N.F. 13.1965 (2), pp.
276-277
Parry, Albert: [Review], in: The American Slavic and East European Review [ISSN 1049-7544], 13.1954 (4), pp.
597-599
Petersen, William: [Review], in: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science [ISSN
Note: More informations about Deutscher are likely to be found in some of the books, pamphlets,
university works, articles, etc. listed in the relevant chapter of our Trotsky Bibliography, 3. ed.,
München [etc.], 1999, e.g. in chapter 9. Deutscher's work has also been discussed in the bio-
bibliographical miscellany about Pierre Broué, published within the frameworkof our Lubitz
TrotskyanaNet website
Note on archives
In 1977, ten years after his death, Isaac Deutscher's considerable archive was acquired by the Inter-
national Institute of Social History (IISH) (Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, IISG),
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. There are no restrictions with regard to the consultation of this collection
(7.35 m). An inventory list of the Isaac Deutscher Papers, period 1929-1967 (-1972) in English
language, prepared by Hermien van Veen in 1998 and updated in June 2005, is available on-line:
http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/d/10748983full.php
The Deutscher papers are comprising chiefly of:
— his correspondence from 1947 to 1967, partly arranged alphabetically within various spans of time and
partly by addressees (altogether 120 folders). The correspondence contains letters received from and sent
to e.g. Ernest Mandel, Bertrand Russell, Edward Hallett Carr, Daniel Guérin, Heinrich Brandler, Natalia
Sedova, Alfred Rosmer, Tamara (his wife) and Martin Charles Deutscher (his son), as well as Deutscher's
correspondence with his publishers (e.g. with Oxford University Press) and literary agents. This section
also contains correspondence related to the Trotsky trilogy, accounts and documents related to his work
as correspondent for The Economist, The Observer and The Reporter, including some typescripts of
articles;
— the original manuscripts, drafts, notes and fragments relating to his books Stalin, Trotsky, Ironies of
history, The unfinished revolution, Marxism in our time, The Non-Jewish Jew and other essays, etc. (alto-
gether some 30 portfolios);
— typescripts of miscellaneous writings including public lectures and broadcasts (altogether 6 archive
boxes);
— various personal documents (autobiographical items, financial documents, calendars, notebooks, etc.)
(altogether 10 folders and portfolios);
— manuscripts by others (6 folders);
— documents relating to various conferences and teach-ins as well as to the International War Crimes
Tribunal (Russell Tribunal), 1966-67;
— a 'documentation', chiefly book review cuttings from newspapers and journals relating to his published
works (including reviews published after Deutscher’s death), obituaries and similar articles.
It should be mentioned that Deutscher's correspondence with H. Brandler has been published; that also
applies to 21 letters by Leon Trotsky to various of his followers (dating from 1931 to 1938) forming part
of the Deutscher collection.
Many other archivalia (letters, etc.) relating to Deutscher are to be found also in the archival collections
of some Trotskyists mentioned and described within the Research facilities : Archives paragraph of our
Lubitz TrotskyanaNet.
Note: The photograph on p. 1 was taken from Spartacist : Deutsche Ausgabe, New York, NY, 1996 (17), p. 28, © Oxford Uni-
versity Press. The picture on p. 12 is a detail from a drawing by Juliet Pannett, originally published inGoldsmith, Samuel Joseph:
Twenty 20th century Jews, Freeport, NY, 1962, p.[36]
W. Lubitz, rev. January 2006