Sean McMeekin on the Return of Communism | MHC Ep 236

Sean McMeekin PhD was educated at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. Having visited American and European battlefields, libraries and archives, venturing as far east as Russia and Turkey, he now teaches at Bard College. His eight award-winning books include ‘Stalin’s War: A New History of World War’. His latest book is ‘To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism’. In this podcast we discuss: -What were the early roots of Communism -Karl Marx and political violence -Lenin and how to seize power -Stalin and expansion of Communism -Forcing Communism on to other countries -Why the Soviet empire failed -Why Communist China continues -How oppressive political strategies of Communism are entering the West -Books mentioned: Communism: A History (Pipes), Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia (Malia), The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War (Lloyd) You can get Sean’s latest book ‘To Overthrow the World’ here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Overthrow-World-Rise-Fall-Communism/dp/1911723537/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2L0C679LXXX9G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NTbTQ4Yur93xqsTF63f69Qm_J44lD44gPvaAe5yAm8Ng33cGw2Q_d9frnfoYYvQEIc5WygbrvS_gDPceZNtoPZRveDCgk7F2SGCYbRv5IAHwJzZoE_zTOSKQ4I5ceBDDM_2otv-bdMmePZXUbyDqaNSlJFNGXDP4TT8KEzJcTbEPfZ6BZHzJclfSatQ2s-0Qa1B3sPK4TOUwmTDUSuxeB86LJDUaJ5LYuN-vhHO3cB8.GGawkUwa_NgrfDioi_1eBSR4IjT79Zy-tDfFGMf3P6g&dib_tag=se&keywords=sean+mcmeekin&qid=1727959640&s=books&sprefix=sean+mcmeekin%2Cstripbooks%2C113&sr=1-2) and his academic page is here (https://www.bard.edu/faculty/sean-mcmeekin).