In Stalin’s Shadow examines how Trotsky has been portrayed as a villainous figure in conspiracy theories ranging from Russian antisemitic television series to neo-Stalinist historical narratives. Greene analyzes the Moscow Trials of the 1930s and unmasks modern defenders of Stalin like Domenico Losurdo and Grover Furr, who continue to argue for Trotsky’s guilt in alleged conspiracies. Douglas Greene is a Marxist historian and author. His works include ‘Communist Insurgent: Blanqui’s Politics of Revolution’, and ‘Stalinism and the Dialectics of Saturn: Anticommunism, Marxism, and the Fate of the Soviet Union’.