Stephen Kotkin is an incredible Historian. I can't recommend Stalin Volume 1 and 2 enough. They're the absolute best biographies of Stalin ever made,(reply>), @Nae:tek relevance and context are very important in historical discussions, particularly in biographies of people who existed the world over.,(reply>), Great historian? ok       Im not...<br>just to remind you :<br>Here’s a list of all the countries the US has bombed since World War II  (  DID HE TALK ABOUT IT? )<br>China 1950-53<br><br>Guatemala 1954<br><br>Indonesia 1958<br><br>Cuba 1959-60<br><br>Guatemala 1960<br><br>Belgian Congo 1964<br><br>Guatemala 1964<br><br>Dominican Republic 1965-66<br><br>Peru 1965<br><br>Laos 1964-73<br><br>Vietnam 1961-73<br><br>Cambodia 1969-70<br><br>Guatemala 1967-69<br><br>Lebanon 1982-84<br><br>Grenada 1983-84<br><br>Libya 1986<br><br>El Salvador 1981-92<br><br>Nicaragua 1981-90<br><br>Iran 1987-88<br><br>Libya 1989<br><br>Panama 1989-90<br><br>Iraq 1991<br><br>Kuwait 1991<br><br>Somalia 1992-94<br><br>Bosnia 1995<br><br>Iran 1998<br><br>Sudan 1998<br><br>Afghanistan 1998<br><br>Yugoslavia – Serbia 1999<br><br>Afghanistan 2001<br><br>Libya 2011<br><br>Iraq and Syria 2014 –<br><br>Somalia 2011 –<br><br>Iran 2020 –,(reply>), That’s where I know his name from!!! Lol. Thank you.,(reply>), @Jeff Smith Kotkins work is far more extensive. But The Red Tsar is also a good read,(reply>), Better than "Stalin: In The Court of the Red Tsar"?