Joseph K. McLaughlin Lecture Series 

# Stalin’s Propaganda and Putin’s Information Wars 

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November 1, 2018 6 - 7 PM EDT 

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Stephen Kotkin 

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Featuring **Stephen Kotkin**, John P. Birkelund ’52 Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University, and Author, *Stalin: Waiting for Hitler* and *Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment*.

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