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Glass Gun One's avatar

The gist of your presentation here flies in the face of the current popularly publicized meme. As an astute historian your work shows courage and discipline almost unique today in our heavily subsidized media. Thank you.

James Anthony DiEugenio's avatar

Thanks so much for that.

Archie1954's avatar

Thank you for expressing the truth. The US is behind so many deporable, deadly and foolish policies, it begs understading. Now after the world suffered through so many difficult incidents created by the US, it has to put up with an absolute criminal entity in the oval Office.

Alci Enrique Medina's avatar

Excellent article Jim. Very detailed.

I've been meaning to get Horton's book and I think I will now. It currently seems to be one the best and most important on the topic.

James Anthony DiEugenio's avatar

Thanks. And I think Horton's book is the best on the subject, a little long but good. he really did a lot of research.

Chris Roberts's avatar

i am so glad you are focusing on fact bush 1 and clinton double crossed gorbechev and yeltsin.They set stage for putin's rise and ukraine crisis. after WWII stalin's main conern was bufer to avoid rusia being attacked by germany/europe again.No post WWII president except for JFK want to reminder what russians went through with germany invasion and cost they went through to beat Hitler.soviet union is ones who truly beat Hitler.after invision if USSR replied hitler wa smainly fighting to survive. expansion of Nato is threat to russia no matter who president is In russia.it's crazy to me those pushing the if ulraine falls europe will fall to putin.

Michael Voisin's avatar

And so it goes...

Top scholarship Jim.

Thank you.

Chris Rehr's avatar

I don't disagree with your overview, but Ukraine gave up it nuclear bombs so it could have its own nation, and the rest of Europe is scared to death that if Ukraine falls, their countries may be next. And what about the Russian atrocities that have occurred?

James Anthony DiEugenio's avatar

Chris, Yeltsin let go of about 7 provinces in order to dissolve the USSR and get rid of Gorbachev. Mearshimer just wrote a column about how nutty it is to think that somehow Putin is hell bent on conquest. He is the one who devised two peace treaties. Finally, this series is not about comparing which army is more brutal. Its about how a debacle like this should have been and could have been avoided.

Chris Rehr's avatar

Right, but where do go from there?

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