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Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941Stephen Kotkin

Good evening, listeners. We have an excellent episode for you this week, as host Richard Aldous speaks with Stephen Kotkin about his new book, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941.

Stephen Kotkin is a professor in history and international affairs at Princeton University and a fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, and his new book is the second volume of a comprehensive biography of Joseph Stalin.

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