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'''Stephen Kotkin''' (born 1959) is an [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] historian which has written several books on [[communism]], the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] and [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], usually portraying historical communist leaders as "bloody tyrants". He is an open advocate for "[[Free market|free markets]]" and [[private property]].<ref>{{News citation|author=Stephen Kotkin|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|title=Communism’s Bloody Century|date=2017-11-03|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-communist-century-1509726265|retrieved=2022-05-13}}</ref>
'''Stephen Kotkin''' (born 1959) is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] historian, author, and the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the [[The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace|Hoover Institution]].<ref>[https://www.hoover.org/profiles/stephen-kotkin "Stephen Kotkin"]. ''Hoover Institution''. Retrieved 2023-12-11.</ref>  Kotkin has written many books on [[communism]], the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]], and [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], usually portraying historical communist leaders as "bloody tyrants". He is an open advocate for and [[private property]] and "[[Free market|free markets]]".<ref>{{News citation|author=Stephen Kotkin|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|title=Communism’s Bloody Century|date=2017-11-03|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-communist-century-1509726265|retrieved=2022-05-13}}</ref>


In 2019, [[Grover Furr]] wrote and published a critique of Kotkin's book "''Stalin vol. II: waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941''".<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Grover Furr]]|year=2019|title=Stalin. Waiting for ... The Truth! Exposing the falsehoods in Stephen Kotkin's 'Stalin. Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941'|city=New York|publisher=Red Star Publishers|isbn=9780578445533|lg=http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=0FA2BE18E21402199E0A70CA6ADB223E}}</ref>
In 2019, communist historian [[Grover Furr]] published a rebuttal to the second volume of Kotkin's biography about Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]] titled ''Stalin: Waiting for ... The Truth! Exposing the falsehoods in Stephen Kotkin's 'Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941'''.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Grover Furr]]|year=2019|title=Stalin. Waiting for ... The Truth! Exposing the falsehoods in Stephen Kotkin's 'Stalin. Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941'|city=New York|publisher=Red Star Publishers|isbn=9780578445533|lg=http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=0FA2BE18E21402199E0A70CA6ADB223E}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 15:45, 12 December 2023

Stephen Kotkin (born 1959) is a Statesian anti-communist historian, author, and the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.[1] Kotkin has written many books on communism, the Soviet Union, and Stalin, usually portraying historical communist leaders as "bloody tyrants". He is an open advocate for and private property and "free markets".[2]

In 2019, communist historian Grover Furr published a rebuttal to the second volume of Kotkin's biography about Soviet leader Joseph Stalin titled Stalin: Waiting for ... The Truth! Exposing the falsehoods in Stephen Kotkin's 'Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941'.[3]

References

  1. "Stephen Kotkin". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  2. Stephen Kotkin (2017-11-03). "Communism’s Bloody Century" The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  3. Grover Furr (2019). Stalin. Waiting for ... The Truth! Exposing the falsehoods in Stephen Kotkin's 'Stalin. Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941'. New York: Red Star Publishers. ISBN 9780578445533 [LG]