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Influential leader of Cuba who kept the flag of communism flying right on the doorstep of the United States.
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BBC obituary of Fidel Castro.
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Will History Absolve Fidel Castro? « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
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'Raúl Castro has described Cuba’s task as adapting Cuban socialism to contemporary reality, while preserving the core values of national sovereignty, dignity, and social justice that led Fidel Castro to take up arms half a century ago. Perhaps Fidel’s greatest achievement was upholding those values long enough to pass them on, albeit a little threadbare, to a successor generation of Cubans. To them falls the task of forging an efficient, productive economy, a more open, democratic polity, and a normal relationship with the United States. Will Fidel’s legacy prove to be a foundation on which they can build, or an obstacle to progress? The answer will determine whether history will absolve him. At the moment, it’s too early to tell.'
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Mr. Castro brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere, bedeviled 11 American presidents and briefly pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war.
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New York Times obituary of Fidel Castro, whose death was announced today.
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While Americans saw only decadent gangsters, Cuban revolutionaries diagnosed deeper social ills.
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'While Americans saw only decadent gangsters, Cuban revolutionaries diagnosed deeper social ills by Samuel Farber'
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Stalin's rise to power.
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A huge archive of Stalin's writing.
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A historiography of women under Stalin by Chelsea Adler.
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This is a BBC2 documentary from 2003 and probably one of the best on Stalin. The archive footage is very good and it draws upon some excellent evidence fro
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BBC documentary from 2003
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Prof Ian Thatcher: a 2-part lecture on Stalin, society and culture
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Why did Stalin seek to transform the economy of the Soviet Union, and how successful was he? Dr. James Harris of the University of Leeds explores Soviet industrialisation.
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Extract from a drama-documentary on Magnetogorsk and Stalin's Five Year Plans.
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Stalin part 1/3
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959.
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'Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959.'
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Castro - hero or villain?
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Why are left-wing dictators always treated with more reverential respect when they die than right-wing ones, even on the Right?…
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Andrew Roberts on the death of Castro: 'Why are left-wing dictators always treated with more reverential respect when they die than right-wing ones, even on the Right?'
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The part played by women in the Cuban Revolution. The role and position of women in Cuba has changed drastically for the better as a direct result of their participation in the Revolution in 1959.
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A short piece on the role of women in the Cuban Revolution.
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October 14, 2014 4:44 PM
A short piece on the role of women in the Cuban Revolution.
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Norman Pereira’s essay on Stalin’s rise to power in the USSR was a cautious attempt to challenge consensus. From the 1930s onwards, under the influence of Trotsky’s autobiography, even most anti-Communists subscribed to a condescending analysis of how Stalin had won the struggle against his great rival.
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'Robert Service reconsiders Norman Pereira's revisionist account of Stalin's pursuit of power in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, first published in History Today in 1992.'
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Orlando Figes' free website on Russian and Soviet history.
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Stalin’s name meant "man of steel". He was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union and one of the most powerful and murderous dictators in history.
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Stalin
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The History Faculty -- University lectures for secondary schools
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Prof. J. Arch Getty of UCLA interviewed about Stalin's Great Terror. Very useful for interpretations.
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Orlando Figes's heartbreaking The Whisperers explores the suppression of the family in the USSR, says Geraldine Bedell.
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Guardian review of Orlando Figes' book on private life in Stalin's Soviet Union, The Whisperers
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On Biography.com, the complex, disturbing story of Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin.
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A biographical page on Stalin.
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In this podcast Dr. Harris explains why all Bolsheviks agreed on the need to overcome economic backwardness. He explores why Soviet industrialisation too
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Why did Stalin seek to transform the economy of the Soviet Union, and how successful was he? Dr. James Harris of the University of Leeds explores Soviet industrialisation.
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The historian of twentieth-century Russia labours under a number of disadvantages, some of his own making, others well beyond his control. Via Stephen Chamberlain
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Christopher Read of the University of Warwick explores the historiography of Russia under Joseph Stalin.
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Nixon's trip to China, 1972.