Podcast #253: A Brief History of Communism
Jonathan Kay speaks with Bard College historian Sean McMeekin about his new book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism.
Sean McMeekin
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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Where Virtue Meets Terror: A Brief History of Proto-Communism
In a new book on the history of communism, Sean McMeekin traces the movement’s roots to egalitarian creeds embraced throughout history by prophets, philosophers, utopians, and serfs.
Stopped Cold: Remembering Russia's Catastrophic 1939 Campaign Against Finland
Many Finnish soldiers felt pity for their opponents, prodded into battle by merciless commissars.
Podcast 145: Sean McMeekin on ‘Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II’
Listen onSpotify 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.