[SkyDancer]

Interesting but not convincing; to me anyway.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Well the pro-Stalin narrative is doing humanity no favors. Easy to tow that line though. You weren’t on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Or in the middle - where you had to deal with BOTH Nazi and Soviet invasion/rape/occupation.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

I don't mean to be so snappy about it, but it is upsetting to me that Americans and Brits aren't doing more to acknowledge their victories and contributions to the free world. One book that goes in depth is from a unique vantage is: Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II

But my heart in history has to do with the spiritual and moral fabrics of events. I do not doubt that vibrant economic mobilization carried the day, but I believe we - imperfect though we are - held the moral high ground. And the USSR most certainly did not.