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Joseph Stalin
Over the last forty-five years he’s become a sort of human Rorschach test
On the train the journalists dined on caviar, served on silver plates. But through the lace curtains they could see wounded soldiers
Now is the time to de-Pulitzer Walter Duranty, who ran cover for the Soviets
Putin’s Russia is not Stalin’s USSR but there is an uncanny resemblance
The Russian leader has eschewed Lenin in favor of a more familiar figure
Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and his Books by Geoffrey Roberts reviewed
Instead of examining the dictators individually, How to Become a Tyrant explores their careers thematically
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World by Giles Milton reviewed
Stalin’s War: A New History of World War Two by Sean McMeekin reviewed
