http://achls.org Through the examination of Stalin's library, we see the evolution of a leader trying to understand the premises of his own behavior. In this presentation of the program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Jonathan Brent on his book, Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia. Mr. Brent is the director of YIVO Institute and founder of the Yale University Press's distinguished Annals of Communism series.
