Written:1921-23FirstPublished:First published in 1924 as Book One of Volume III ofKak Vooruzhalas Revolyutsya by the Supreme Council for MilitaryPublications, MoscowSource:Materials andDocuments on the History of the Red Army, The Military Writings and Speeches ofLeon Trotsky How the Revolution Armed, Volume IV:The Years1921-23, New Park Publications, London, permission for publication on theTrotsky Internet Archive given by holders of the copyright, Index Books,London.Translated (and edited) and Annotated:Brian Pearce for New Park Publications.OrignalFootnotes (Endnotes):The original explanatory footnotes & endnotesand other appendices were compiled by S.I. Ventsov. All contemporary referencesby the translator, Brian Pearce. All footnotes and endotes are combined herein.Notes by Leon Trotsky are indicated thusly:L.T.)Transcription/HTML Markup:David Walters.Online Version:Leon Trotsky Internet Archive,2003.Converted to eBook format:KollektivYakov Perelman, from the on-line version of The Military Writings of LeonTrotsky - Volume 4, 1921 available at Trotsky Internet Archive inApril 2013.