Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-04-09
Books mentioned on Part One: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer
Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur. https://gofund.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Beria
Discussed“So here's how Knight describes Lavrentiy as an adolescent in the book Beria: Stalin’s First Lieutenant, ‘Beria was a mediocre student, not excelling in any subject but considered cunning and devious.’”
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On Stalin's team
On Stalin's Team is a historical work by Sheila Fitzpatrick that examines the dynamics, relationships, and inner workings of Joseph Stalin and his closest associates.
Discussed“And I've got like a couple of different quotes from these or books that I use for this: Knight's book, Sangster's book, another book called 'On Stalin's Team' that I use a lot later that's about like the whole gang around Stalin. Yeah, there's a little bit of Stalin hype house!”
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