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re: Soviet Union History
Posted on 7/11/19 at 9:54 pm to Jyrdis
Posted on 7/11/19 at 9:54 pm to Jyrdis
I’m reading the first volume of Stalin right now by Kotkin. Not an easy read by any means but is supposed to be the premier biography on Stalin. He only uses actual source materials from the Soviet archives.
I think his Magnetic Mountain may be more of an overview of The Soviet Union.
Either way, Kotkin is very interesting. He is the leading historian on the Soviet Union and is a professor at Princeton. But rather than being an apologist for Marxism and Communism, he blasts it. He also looks and sounds just like Joe Pesci. It’s really funny to listen to someone so brilliant talk the way he does.
I think his Magnetic Mountain may be more of an overview of The Soviet Union.
Either way, Kotkin is very interesting. He is the leading historian on the Soviet Union and is a professor at Princeton. But rather than being an apologist for Marxism and Communism, he blasts it. He also looks and sounds just like Joe Pesci. It’s really funny to listen to someone so brilliant talk the way he does.
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