Episode 105 - The Cobbler’s Kid

<p>The biography episodes return as today I cover the early life of Joseph Stalin. Born into a conquest of the Russian Empire, young Stalin was not the most likely candidate to become a world leader. But the crucible of living under the Tsarist boot and his own violent homelife shaped him into the revolutionary that he would become. </p> <p> </p> <p>Bibliography for this episode: </p> <p> </p> <ol><li>Montefiore, Simon Sebag Young Stalin Vintage Books 2007</li> <li>Kotkin, Stephen Stalin: Paradoxes of Power 1878-1928 Penguin Books 2015</li> </ol><p> </p> <p>Questions? Comments? Email me at <a href='mailto:peaceintheirtime@gmail.com'>peaceintheirtime@gmail.com</a></p>