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Podcast 145: Sean McMeekin on ‘Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II’

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Podcast 145: Sean McMeekin on ‘Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II’

Quillette’s Jonathan Kay speaks with Bard University history professor Sean McMeekin about his new book, which describes how the fears and ambitions of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin shaped the course of the Second World War.

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Sean McMeekin is Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College. His latest book is Stalin's War: A New History of World War II.

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