The Bolsheviks and Lenin's War in Petrograd

Trotsky's theatrics may have dazzled, but they were no match for the material and military reality of the situation. The russian army was in a state of acute disintegration. General hoffmann rolled out a map which he said would be the basis of all future relations between germany and russia. Trotsky took this ultimatum and said, look, i cannot accept this at the moment. I have to go home and confer with my government. We will recombine our narratives and look at the massive and potentially dilemmas facing lenin's government at home and abroad.