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EPISODE LINKS:
Stephen’s Website: https://history.princeton.edu/people/stephen-kotkin
Stalin: 1878-1928 (Vol 1): https://amzn.to/3NvokpC
Stalin: 1929-1941 (Vol 2): https://amzn.to/3wIYqsT
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
2:19 – Putin and Stalin
13:09 – Putin vs the West
36:01 – Response to Oliver Stone
47:07 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
1:26:35 – Putin’s plan for the war
1:34:33 – Henry Kissinger
1:40:28 – Nuclear war
1:51:01 – Parallels to World War II
2:13:47 – China
2:21:55 – World War III
2:29:24 – Navalny
2:33:41 – Meaning of life
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