📚 4 Books mentioned in "Part Three: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer | BEHIND THE BASTARDS" of Behind the Bastards

He needs on-the-job training, you need 10,000 hours of torturing to get really good at it, that's what that Malcolm Gladwell book is about, if I'm remembering it properly.

The podcast host refers to Malcolm Gladwell in the context of the '10,000 hours rule' mentioned in Gladwell's work, humorously framing it in terms of mastering torture. This comment is part of a discussion in the Behind the Bastards podcast episode 'Part Three: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer.'

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This passage from Amy Knight's book gives good context on how brutal some of these arrests tended to be and just the sheer level of bullying that dominated them, right?

The host refers to a book by Amy Knight to illustrate the brutality of arrests during Beria's leadership in the Soviet Union.

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And I'm going to continue with a quote from Amy Knight's book here: "The most important economic activity of the NKVD was the construction of roads, railways, waterways, and power stations. Some projects were undertaken directly by the NKVD, and some by Gulag workers contracted out to other commissariats; mining of gold and non-ferrous metals and lumbering were other key areas of production for the Gulag."

The host quotes Amy Knight's book to provide insight into the economic activities managed by the NKVD, including construction projects and production related to Gulags.

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I'm also an author; I’m currently in the middle of writing a military science fiction trilogy, and you can find it anywhere you find your books. It's called The Undying Legion!

Joe Caban, a guest on the podcast, promotes his military science fiction book series, specifically mentioning the title 'The Undying Legion', as part of the discussion.

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