Word: stalins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...became obvious that the Russian Revolution would not be followed by similar uprisings in the West, leaders of the Soviet Union quickly abandoned the Leninist concept of a people's militia in a well-equipped standing army that would ardently defend "socialism in one country." Upon accession to power, Stalin committed the Soviet Union to "catching and overtaking the capitalist countries." Holloway finds the early roots of the arms race. As he goes on to show, the surprise German attack on Russia in June 1941 left an indelible mark on the minds of Soviet strategists, who have since determined never...
...been discovered in the old Truman house in Independence. One batch has been collated by Indiana University Professor Robert Ferrell. It covers the first two years of Truman's courtship, when he described wrestling ornery calves, and the first year of his presidency, when he wrestled with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill at the Potsdam conference. The most significant revelation: Truman, contrary to some speculation, was sincere in his effort to get the Soviet Union involved in fighting Japan. Among the nuggets...
...masterwork The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt argued that Hitler and Stalin used terror as a tool to fabricate a new kind of man devoid of individualism and self-respect, Didion correctly sees a similar phenomenon taking place in EI Salvador Indiscriminate, random killing deemphasize the value of human existence Murder no longer shocks Salvadorans; it is a natural part of life...
...That will have to be worked out,' Trotsky says. 'Comrade Stalin is good at that sort of thing...
...Fear Comrade Stalin? What nonsense...