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Making sense of China’s massive military purge

There’s no doubt the sweeping purge was ordered by President Xi Jinping. Though framed as a massive anti-corruption drive to ...
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Mutiny on the Storozhevoy: Historian Alexey Uvarov tells the story of the Soviet naval revolt that inspired ‘The Hunt for Red October’

Fifty years ago, in November 1975, a political officer in the Soviet Union’s Baltic Fleet launched an armed mutiny in hopes ...
Henry Stewart History on MSN

Why Stalin Didn’t Act - Denial, Purges, and Deception

Fear of provoking Hitler, a purged and hesitant intelligence service, and German disinformation blinded the Kremlin. This ...