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rurban on Sept 20, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Comments on the Change in Soviet Leadership (1955)...

But the best book about Stalin is from his secretary Boris Bašanov, who deflected as soon as he saw Stalin's insanity. Not in English, but the Google translation is good. The CIA and the Nazis knew about this book. The Nazis ignored it and this lost the eastern front.

guythedudebro on Sept 21, 2021 [–]

If you admit the last sentence is hyperbole I'll be a lot more likely to take your recommendation

rurban on Sept 21, 2021 | [–]

Read his book and you'll see. History would have been extremely different.

guythedudebro on Sept 21, 2021 | | [–]

Alright, and read more than one book on the subject and realize that's an oversimplification

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