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James Harris

SOURCE: The Conversation
7-26-16

Historian James Harris says Russian archives show we’ve misunderstood Stalin

by James Harris

If you think of Stalin as a bloodthirsty, paranoid, political opportunist determined to secure total power over all other considerations, you’re wrong.

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James Harris

Historian James Harris says Russian archives show we’ve misunderstood Stalin

by James Harris