Bestselling Historian: The Revolution That Shouldn't Have Happened - Douglas Brunt

About this episode

Douglas Brunt discusses a pivotal historical figure who nearly altered the course of the 20th century.

Before the Soviet Union, before Stalin, before communism swallowed half the world — there was one man who almost stopped all of it, and history buried him on purpose. Douglas Brunt brings him back to life, and what he uncovered will change the way you see the entire 20th century. Douglas Brunt is the New York Times bestselling author of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel and The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel, and host of the top-rated SiriusXM author podcast Dedicated with Doug Brunt. This book truly reads like fiction. Make sure to get a copy of The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. Pre-order my next book, All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump, out on the 17th of September in the UK and the 22nd of September in the US: ⁠https://www.scaramucci.net/allthewrongmoves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Scaramucci

Guest: Douglas Brunt

Topics covered

• history
• 20th century
• Soviet Union
• biography
• revolution

Keywords

• Douglas Brunt
• Soviet Union
• 20th century
• revolution
• historical biography

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SiriusXM, SkyBridge, SALT

Books & works: The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel

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