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 […]
Bolshevik Women and Stalin—Free Love Advocates? If, as we had privately discussed, Dr. Faria, Lenin was much more of a sexual creature than he is traditionally portrayed by the Russians, why did he have such contempt for Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952), the foremost Bolshevik feminist who gave her body to any man she found attractive? I
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 »
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.Albert Camus (1913-1960)French Existentialist Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.Thomas Paine (1737-1809)Anglo-American patriot Throughout the ages, some physicians have had more than a passing interest in politics, justice, and the mechanics of
On Revolutionary Physicians and Civil Wars by Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
In George Orwell’s futuristic novel 1984, the leader, Big Brother, used perpetual war and police state terror to maintain control of a portion of the globe. He also used “Newspeak,” the manipulation of language to more subtly control the people and preserve his dictatorship of submission. By curtailing language, destroying literature, and reducing words in
