Season 5 Episode 1: Michael Carley, Stalin's Great Game : War and Neutrality, 1939-1941
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Professor Jeffrey Sachs discusses with historian Michael J. Carley about his trilogy on the international crises of the 1930s, challenging the Cold War narrative regarding Stalin and Hitler.
Send us Fan Mail Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Michael J. Carley, retired Professeur at the Université de Montréal, for a discussion of his groundbreaking trilogy on the international crises of the 1930s: Stalin’s Gamble, Stalin’s Failed Alliance, and Stalin’s Great Game. Drawing on decades of archival research, Carley challenges the familiar Cold War narrative that paints Stalin and Hitler as “dual dictators” and instead uncovers a forgotten history of the Soviet Union’s sustain...
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