Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-03-25

Books mentioned on What is DOGE’s Real Goal? | The Ezra Klein Show

2 books · With Santi Ruiz · Watch on YouTube

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Stalin's War

    Sean McMeekin · at 1:01:35

    Stalin's War by Sean McMeekin is a comprehensive historical reexamination of World War II that places Joseph Stalin at the center of the conflict, arguing that the war's trajectory was largely driven by the Soviet leader's intense enmity toward the West.

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    “one of the books I was going to recommend to you at the end of this of this conversation is a book called Stalin's War by Sha mcmein it's a history of World War II and it's largely about Stalin and the ways in which World War II is actually a product of his enmity for the West in the”
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  2. Power and responsibility

    Romano Guardini · at 1:13:13 · mentioned 2 times

    Power and Responsibility is a short post-World War II book written by the Catholic priest Romano Guardini that examines the ethical demands of leadership and modern power.

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    “there's a book by a Catholic priest named Romano guini a book called It's a short book It's called Power and responsibility and he writes it after the second world war about what kinds of people do we need to be what kinds of uh governors and leaders we need to be in a world where the bomb exists where”
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