Subscribe for weekly updatesIn the 1930s a generation of intellectuals were attracted to the Soviet Union, though most were never members of any communist party and balked at the idea of revolution occurring in their own country. We begin to explore this convoluted and contradictory mindset through examining David Caute’s seminal work The Fellow Travellers.Help the podcast to continue bringing you history each weekIf you enjoy the Explaining History podcast and its many years of content and woul
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