when stalin faced hitler

A cult would be built around him, singling him out as vozhd, an ancient Slavic word that came to mean something like “supreme leader”—the Russian equivalent of “duce” or “führer.” ... But like several tsarist predecessors, Stalin was a Germanophile, admiring that country’s industry..

it's always about the oil

His son, the second President Bush, never even mentioned that three-letter word when announcing his 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... If the United States goes to war with Iran, you are unlikely to hear the word “oil” uttered by top Trump administration officials, but make no mistake: that..

syria, russia and the politics of chemical weapons

The word 'declared' was important because the initial declaration – as the regime later acknowledged – was incomplete. ... A few weeks after the document leak the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media issued a 8,400-word 'briefing paper' claiming the OPCW's Douma investigation..

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