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Sean McMeekin
Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II
New York: Basic Books, 2021.
World War II is the central historical event of our time. It’s the only historical reference point for most journalists and laymen. We constantly view every current event through its figures, battles, and atrocities. Hated politicians and leaders are always the next Hitler, everything bad in the world is always the next Holocaust, (more…)
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Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here
Large numbers of Jews who did not leave after the revolution failed to foresee the bloodthirstiness of the new government, though the persecution, even of socialists, was well underway. The Soviet government was as unjust and cruel then as it was to be in 1937 and 1950. But in the Twenties the bloodlust did not raise alarm or resistance in the wider Jewish population since its force was aimed not at Jewry. (more…)
Irina Ivanova, Daniil Kharms, 2016.
Irina Ivanova, Daniil Kharms, 2016.
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Some time ago, I resolved not to fall into old habits and immerse myself in Russian absurdist literature while the world burned. I’m sad to report that as usual, I’ve failed in my resolution and spent the past weeks immersed in Russian absurdist literature. It’s an interesting period of Russian literature, one inextricably linked from the context of its time. One can hardly imagine that anything like OBERIU existing anywhere outside of the early Soviet Union, outside of Russia. (more…)
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Paul Gottfried, editor
The Vanishing Tradition: Perspectives on American Conservatism
DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2020
The Vanishing Tradition is an anthology edited by Paul Gottfried, and owing to its structure, a proper review is not really possible. Rather, I will individually summarize and comment on each contribution to the anthology. (more…)
Justice Robert H. Jackson at the Nuremberg Trials.
Justice Robert H. Jackson at the Nuremberg Trials.
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David Irving
Nuremberg: The Last Battle
London: Focal Point Publications, 2004
Author’s Note: Thanks are due to the great Mark Weber of the Institute for Historical Review for his editorial advice. (more…)
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Part 3 of 4
The Red Terror: Lenin and the October Revolution
Prison of the Nation presents an original view of the Communist Revolution in Russia in 1917. (more…)
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Deux siècles ensemble
Volume 2: Juifs et Russes pendant la periode soviétique
Paris: Fayard, 2003
Early in this second volume of Two Hundred Years Together, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn explains (more…)
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English original here
Le 20 avril de cette année [1989] est le 100ème anniversaire de la naissance du plus grand homme de notre ère : un homme qui osa plus et réussit plus, qui plaça son but plus haut et s’éleva plus haut, qui comprit plus profondément et remua les âmes de ceux qui étaient autour de lui plus puissamment, qui fut plus profondément en accord avec la Force de Vie qui anime le Cosmos et qui lui donne son sens et son but, et qui fit plus pour servir cette Force de Vie, que tout autre homme de notre temps. (more…)
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Editor’s Note:
Since the publication of his review, Viktor Suvorov’s definitive statement of his research has been published as The Chief Culprit: Stalin’s Grand Design to Start World War II
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French translation here
April 20 of this year [1989] is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the greatest man of our era — a man who dared more and achieved more, who set his aim higher and climbed higher, who felt more deeply and stirred the souls of those around him more mightily, who was more closely attuned to the Life Force which permeates our cosmos and gives it meaning and purpose, and did more to serve that Life Force, than any other man of our times.
