Slate Conversations Stephen Kotkin
Dec 14, 2017
Stephen Kotkin, historian and author of Stalin: Waiting For Hitler, 1929-1941, discusses Stalin's differences from current autocrats, similarities between Stalin and Hitler, and the secret to understanding a dictator's mind.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Stalin's Rise to Power
02:17 • 8min
Interpreting the Famine: Intentional or Not
10:40 • 2min
The Great Terror: Purges, Executions, and Stalin's Resentment
12:47 • 6min
Hitler and Stalin: Ambitions and Risks
19:02 • 10min
The Unwillingness to Commemorate and the Emotional Toll of Writing
29:06 • 4min