Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-04-11

Books mentioned on Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

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In part two, Robert continues 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.me/e815d59e See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Evans discussed On Stalin's team by Sheila Fitzpatrick and Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   On Stalin's team

   Sheila Fitzpatrick · at 3:44 · mentioned 3 times

   On Stalin's Team by Sheila Fitzpatrick is a historical work that explores the inner circle of Soviet leadership surrounding Joseph Stalin and the complex dynamics of power within the regime.

   Discussed

   “Sheila fatrick author of on Stalin's team which is a book about said Team prefers this word”

   Robert Evans Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer 2024-04-11 Listen at 3:44

   Where to get it

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2. 

   Bloodlands

   Timothy Snyder · at 1:04:28 · mentioned 2 times

   Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder is a historical examination of the mass killings and political atrocities committed by the regimes of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin in Eastern Europe during the mid-twentieth century.

   Discussed

   “writing about this in the book bloodlands historian Timothy Snyder claims the only National minority that was highly over represented in the end of the n in the nkvd at the end of the great Terror were the Georgians Stalin's own”

   Robert Evans Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer 2024-04-11 Listen at 1:04:28

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible