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On Geoffrey Roberts’ 2013 biography of Field Marshal Zhukov.
Who was the Soviet general and architect of Soviet victory on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? We discuss:
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What does Zhukov’s life tell us about modern warfare?
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What can we learn about the life and fate of the Soviet regime?
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How should we view the Ukraine war and renewed geopolitical rivalry between the West and Russia today?
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What are the popular perceptions and folk memories of world war?
Links:
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Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov, Geoffrey Roberts
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Saving Private Ivan, Mike Davis, The Guardian
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Negotiate Now, or Capitulate Later: Ten Incentives for Ukraine to Make Peace with Russia, Geoffrey Roberts, Brave New Europe
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Putin’s Trump Card: Ukrainian Membership of NATO, Geoffrey Roberts, Brave New Europe
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‘Now or Never’: The Immediate Origins of Putin’s Preventative War on Ukraine, Geoffrey Roberts, Journal of Military and Strategic Studies