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Ep 182: Sean McMeekin on Communism
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Sean McMeekin, Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College and author of To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism, joins the show to talk about Communist approaches to foreign policy and war.
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• 01:35 Introduction
• 02:39 Communism and war
• 11:02 Giving history a shove
• 16:41 Lenin’s vision
• 20:55 A united front
• 25:54 Infiltration
• 28:45 Stalin at the helm
• 34:51 Ups and downs
• 41:10 Driving a wedge
• 43:37 “We resemble them more than they resemble us…”
Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
195 episodes
Manage episode 469613394 series 2998419
Sean McMeekin, Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College and author of To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism, joins the show to talk about Communist approaches to foreign policy and war.
▪️
Times
• 01:35 Introduction
• 02:39 Communism and war
• 11:02 Giving history a shove
• 16:41 Lenin’s vision
• 20:55 A united front
• 25:54 Infiltration
• 28:45 Stalin at the helm
• 34:51 Ups and downs
• 41:10 Driving a wedge
• 43:37 “We resemble them more than they resemble us…”
Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
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