Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin became the most powerful dictator in history

Transcript

My guest today is Stephen Kotkin, who is a senior  fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of two-thirds of his three-volume Stalin biographies. The first one, Stalin: Paradoxes of Power.  The second one, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler. Thank you for coming on my podcast. Thank you for the honor of the invitation. Let's begin with the tsarist regim... Read More