Stalin’s War – Guest Speaker: Dr. Sean McMeekin

Stalin’s War: A  New History of World War II

Guest Speaker: Dr. Sean McMeekin

Date: Friday June 3, 2022
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Transylvania County Elections Center
150 South Gaston Street, Brevard NC

Author of eight books, Dr. Sean McMeekin will share his discovery: “Stalin—not Hitler—was the animating force of World War II in this major new history,” based on his 2021 book of the same name as this program.

World War II endures in the popular imagination as a heroic struggle between good and evil, with villainous Hitler driving its events. But Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler’s war; it was Stalin’s war. Read more about Dr. Sean McMeekinva