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From a 1935 vantage point, Jiang says the Soviet Union looked likely to collapse because purges, capitalist encirclement, anti-communism, race science, and American investment in Germany all pointed against Soviet survival.
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From a 1935 vantage point, Jiang says the Soviet Union looked likely to collapse because purges, capitalist encirclement, anti-communism, race science, and American investment in Germany all pointed against Soviet survival.
Jiang says that in 1935 an alliance of America, Britain, and Germany against the Soviet Union looked like the most likely scenario because elites saw Nordic capitalist peoples opposed to Slavic communism.
"...is a big deal because let's go back to the year 1935. In the year 1935, if we were to have this class and..."
"...well, if you look at a map of the world in 1935, most of the world was capitalist. Japan, which controlled the East, was..."
"we could imagine that they would unite against Soviet Union at some point to destroy communism once and for all. That's the first thing...."
"...and in Germany. Extremely widespread among the elite. In fact, in 1935, if you asked me what was most likely to happen, then I..."
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