Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2020-08-18
Books mentioned on Part One: Alexander Lukashenko: The Dictator of Belarus
Robert is joined by Garrison Davis to discuss Alexander Lukashenko. FOOTNOTES: https://www.
Robert Evans discussed 1984 by George Orwell and Belarus Country Study Guide by IBP USA Staff and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 presents a chilling vision of a totalitarian future marked by perpetual surveillance, historical denial, and severe information control.
Discussed“So, the the write-up in the Journal of Folklore Research that I found compares Lukashenka's Lukashenka's shifting birth date and birthplace pardeux to the book 1984 where like the reality is actually meaningless to even him.”
Where to get it
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Belarus Country Study Guide
Discussed“And I found a book called with a very fun title, Belarus Country Study Guide, that certainly seems to be government propaganda.”
Where to get it
