Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941Stephen KotkinPenguin Press, 2017, 1184pp., $40
Richard Aldous: Hello, and welcome. My guest this week on The American Interest Podcast is Stephen Kotkin, professor of history at Princeton and author of a new book, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941. Stephen, welcome to the show.Stephen Kotkin: Thank you for the invitation.RA: Congratulations on the new book, this is volume two on the life of Stalin. What do we need to know as we pick up in 1929?SK: Stalin is enveloped in mythologies. For example, his father beat him as a child, and as a result, he killed millions …read more
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