I just discovered that Radical Reviewer believes the western account of the 1932 Ukranian famine, and I could not be more disappointed.

  • volkvulture [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Wheatcroft & Davies do get on the bandwagon of denouncing Stalin and blaming USSR "mismanagement", but it's more like standard issue Western Sovietology boiler plate stuff

    In fact, some of their revelations from the archives about Stalin sending direct aid immediately & chastising those on the ground for not moving fast enough belies the anti-USSR conclusions that Wheatcroft and Davies make. And I honestly think they know that