The purges of the Red Terror in the 1930s ended with Beria who replaced Nikolai Yezhov (or Ezhov) and ended the Yezhovshchina. Stalin probably realized that war was coming and, as pointed out by his friend Kliment Voroshilov, he had already decimated the members of the Politburo and the officers of the Red Army. It […]
In Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Simon Sebag Monefiore provides us with a galvanizing portrait of Joseph Stalin “as human and complicated as he is brutal” and chronicles the lives of the notorious henchmen who entered the court of the Red Tsar. Among the many atrocious incidents cited in the book, there
The international system is one of danger and uncertainty, a lack of order and constant instability heighten the propensity for violence in the international system. Recent years have provided American leadership with the task of confronting numerous problems on the international scene, among them: a rising economy in China ready to overtake that of the
High Noon at the Cold War: The West Faces Down an Old Foe by Douglas P. Harden Read More »
In a series of communications, Dr. Miguel Faria encouraged me to update and revise this conversation both private as well as what has been posted at his website and attempt to resolve some issues that had been left open. I’m not sure that we can do that, since in close to four years after these
The Death of Stalin — The Final Word? by Adam R. Bogart, PhD and Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
Editor’s comment In response to a haciendapub.com reader asking for more information on Anatoliy Golitsyn’s predictions of long-range strategic communist deception and worrisome developments throughout the world, not only Russia but also China, Germany, and the U.S., I asked Dr. Russell L. Blaylock, HaciendaPublishing.com contributor, to comment on these developments. As usual, Dr. Blaylock went
This is an extended book review of Disinformation — Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism (2013) by Lieutenant General Ion Mihai Pacepa and Professor Ronald J. Rychlak. Disinformation is a revealing exposé of evil Soviet history as well as a treatise on the use of propaganda and
