New Biography of Stalin
A man "who believed the solution to every human problem was death." Simon Sebag Montefiore's new biography of Stalin, reviewed by R. Pipes in the NYT.

April 17, 2004 9:37 PM by Jeffrey Tucker (Archive)
A man "who believed the solution to every human problem was death." Simon Sebag Montefiore's new biography of Stalin, reviewed by R. Pipes in the NYT.
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Comments (4)
Joseph Davies
Simon Sebac Montefiore is an idiot who's book adds nothing to the dialog in which he pretends to participate - that being "what can we learn from the past to help us deal with the fascism of now?"
Joseph Davies, the U.S. ambassador to USSR (1936-38) wrote a much more informative book on stalin called "Mission to Moscow", which was made into a movie in 1942. Remember the Nazi surrendered to USSR in may '45.
Published: June 4, 2005 2:26 PM
Joseph Davies
what is this retarded statement about?
"A man 'who belieed the solution to every human problem was death'"
Simon Sebac Montefiore is an idiot who's book adds nothing to the dialog in which he pretends to participate - that being "what can we learn from the past to help us deal with the fascism of now?"
Joseph Davies, the U.S. ambassador to USSR (1936-38) wrote a much more informative book on stalin called "Mission to Moscow", which was made into a movie in 1942. Remember the Nazi surrendered to USSR in may '45.
Published: June 4, 2005 2:28 PM
David Heinrich
Mr. Davies,
"A man who believed the solution to every human problem was death" is only a slight hyperbole in describing men like Stalin, Mao, and Hitler, considering each murdered tens of millions of people. I don't see why that's "retarded", and to get in a fit over that slight exageration is almost callous.
Published: June 4, 2005 2:48 PM
Mike D.
Jeff:
Tme for an article on the other of life's certanties -
Kerry, a man "who believed the solution to every human problem was taxes!" :-)
Published: June 6, 2005 12:46 AM