A history podcast dedicated to examining the global history of the 1920s and 30s in order to explain the causes of World War II, both large and small. As you might imagine, there’s a lot of ground to cover just to contextualize how the conflict got so out of control. If you love historical deep-dives and play-by-plays of nations in way over their collective heads, this is the show for you. Best niche history podcast out there! PROTIP: If you’re a new listener and are hopelessly confused by me bouncing from topic to topic, the scope of this show has kinda gotten away from me over the years. I have included an index of miniseries in the description of Episode 1 to provide a guide for what I’ve covered so far.
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Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Today is our conclusion to this season's miniseries on the Soviet Union. The final years of the 20s saw the USSR slip into paranoia over fears of foreign invasion and subversion at home. It would be the perfect conditions for Stalin to move against his enemies in the Communist leadership, which is to say everyone that didn't swear blind loyalty to him.
Bibliography for this episode:
- Kotkin, Stephen Stalin: Paradoxes of Power 1878-1928 Penguin Books 2015
- Fitzpatrick, Sheila On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics Princeton University Press 2015
- Rayfield, Donald Stalin and His Hangmen: The Tyrant and Those Who Killed For Him Random House 2004
- Cohen, Steven Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888-1938 Oxford University Press 1980
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