Thursday 11 December 2014, 6.30 – 8.00pm, Tower 2, 9.04
Speaker: Professor Stephen Kotkin; Chair: Professor Arne Westad
In Stalin, Stephen Kotkin offers a biography that, at long last, is equal to this shrewd, sociopathic, charismatic dictator in all his dimensions. Stalin emerges as both cynical and true believing, canny enough to see through people but prone to nonsensical beliefs, a precocious geostrategic thinker—unique among Bolsheviks—who made egregious strategic blunders. His momentous decisions are set in the context of the sweeping, tragic history of Russia.
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Speaker
Professor Stephen Kotkin is the John P. Birkelund Professor in History and International Affairs at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1989. He is also a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Chair
Professor Arne Westad is the Director of LSE IDEAS.
Location
Tower 2, 9.04. LSE. Map.