Stalin, Putin, and the Nature of Power
Update: The link is here (the video won’t play on third party websites, my apologies)
Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton university and one of the great historians of our time, specializing in Russian and Soviet history. He has written many books on Stalin and the Soviet Union including the first 2 of a 3 volume work on Stalin, and he is currently working on volume 3.
Brilliant interview of professor Kotkin. It would be great to hear his assessment of the 2 Trudeaus.
The link is broken at my end, you may have to fix.
Here is a link to the video that should work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkkjnpS2f8
This was first rate, very thought provoking.
I like Harry’s idea of getting the professor’s take of the Two Trudeaus.
Additional thought, would love his take on Chi-coms and how they’ve evolved since end of Soviet Union.
I think understanding extreme far left, extreme far right is much easier in a circle than on a straight line.
“understanding extreme far left, extreme far right is much easier in a circle than on a straight line.”
Yup. From the perspective of their victims, there is no difference.
No comments? Does that mean no one clicked on the link and listened to this discussion?
I’m 91 (as I keep saying, I know) and listened to every word.
Watched it, worth it!
Many lessons for today’s situations (purposely plural).