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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.
American public and elite attitudes in the 1930s are framed as isolationist, anti-communist, and in some elite circles pro-Nazi, making U.S. entry into the war difficult before Pearl Harbor.
"Second thing is you will also notice that the Germans didn't get that far in this war. They at most got to the outskirts..."
"Why? Because Stalin was purging all the major leadership of the Soviet Union, creating a lot of discontent, a lot of civil conflict. As..."
"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...."
"So what was Stalin's response? And what did he promise the people to get them to fight to the bitter end? Okay, great questions...."
"Communism was a real threat to America. So communism, anarchism were real threats to the American political system in 1930s, especially the Great Depression...."
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