@jbouie Robert Conquest is usually considered a standard author on both subjects. Sheila Fitzpatrick's social histories have more texture.
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Replying to @CoreyRobin
@CoreyRobin@HeerJeet@jbouie Back in the day, Let History Judge was eye opening, but I guess superseded by newly opened archives.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@yeselson@CoreyRobin@jbouie My partner was just teaching a survey of Russian history and it textbook still cited Medvedev with respect.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@yeselson@CoreyRobin@jbouie Conquest's emphasis on Stalin's agency undercuts his conservative politics lets Bolshevism off hook?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GeoffPolHist
@GeoffPolHist@HeerJeet@yeselson@jbouie Yes! And oddly so! I think his denunciatory rhetoric hid that embarrassing fact from many people.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@CoreyRobin@GeoffPolHist@yeselson@jbouie That's why I find Conquest more interesting than other more ideological anti-communists1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@GeoffPolHist@yeselson@jbouie Really? It just reads like softcore Tacitus or Montesquieu's Persian Letters. Cartoonish.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@CoreyRobin @GeoffPolHist @yeselson @jbouie But you're better versed in the new literature, so maybe Conquest has been superseded.
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