It is important to note that Stalin's approach flew in the face of most Marxist thought up till that point, but that neither the Trotskyist view nor the Stalinist envisioned the use of conventional armed forces to wage aggressive war.
It is important to note that Stalin's approach flew in the face of most Marxist, but that neither the Trotskyist view nor the Stalinist envisioned the use of conventional armed forces to wage aggressive war. This most Marxist is thought up till that point.