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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 an [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] historian who 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>


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, [[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>

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Stephen Kotkin (born 1959) is an anti-communist historian who has written several books on communism, the Soviet Union and Stalin, usually portraying historical communist leaders as "bloody tyrants". He is an open advocate for "free markets" and private property.[1]

In 2019, Grover Furr wrote and published a critique of Kotkin's book "Stalin vol. II: waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941".[2]

References

  1. Stephen Kotkin (2017-11-03). "Communism’s Bloody Century" The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  2. 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]