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Monthly Archives: May 2017

Stalin and the Gulags

Here I address the question as the the economic rationale behind the Gulag system and its dismantling after the Stalin era.

Posted byhistory1917May 27, 2017May 27, 2017Posted incommunism, Stalin, Uncategorized, USSRTags:russia, Stalin, what were the gulags, what were the purges, why did Stalin enslave his own peopleLeave a comment on Stalin and the Gulags

JFK, the CIA and Vietnam

Hi guys, here’s a short video on the decision by Kennedy and the CIA to overthrow President Diem of South Vietnam in 1963.

Posted byhistory1917May 15, 2017Posted inCIA, Cold War, USA, vietnam, warTags:Why did JFK become involved in Vietnam, why did JFK have Diem killed1 Comment on JFK, the CIA and Vietnam
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