Was the Soviet Union totalitarian? w/ Robert Thurston
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Robert Thurston, historian of Soviet history, joins the show to talk about his extensive archival research focused on the infamous “Great Terror” or mass arrests of 1937-1938. In doing so Robert rebuts the perrenial anti-communist argument - the claim that the Soviet Union under Stalin was totalitarian! We also discuss the impact his research had on his career, the role CIA, MI5 and other capitalist intelligence services played in the manufacturing of soviet history for western audiences and much more!
Robert's Blog: https://thurstrw.wordpress.com/
Robert's Coffee Bussiness: https://www.oxfordcoffee.com/
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