RE: The Stalinization Process

I would also add Isaac Deutscher to this list, including his works:  
Stalin: A
Political Biography, and his 3 volume work on Trotsky, The Prophet Armed.  
He joined
Polish Communist Party in 1927, was expelled in 1932 for opposition to the 
Party line
on fascism, and later joined the Polish Socialist Party.

>
>Andrew and John,
>       As regards the question of the development of Stalinism,
>or as you phrase it "Stalinization," I would
>turn your attention to the analysis produced by foremost opponent of
>Stalinism through the 1920's and 30's. For a most thorough discussion of
>the historical, political, and sociological roots of "socialism in one
>country" it is absolutely necessary, whatever ones opinion on the matter,
>to familiarize onself with the writings of Leon Trotsky, most specifically
>"The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where is it Going?"
>
>Sincerely,
>Andrea Grant-Friedman