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Join us for a conversation with Prof Sean McMeekin on his new book Stalin's War: A New History of World War II. This is a very timely discussion in light of the unfolding war in Ukraine.

Some of the points of discussion:

• How is Stalin\\u2019s War different from the conventional Hitler-centric account of World War II?
• How is it possible to even write a new history of World War II 77 years after the fact?
• Is the way we teach World War II unbalanced?
• How likely was the Hitler-Stalin pact?
• What are the main differences between fascism and communism?
• How much of a surprise was it when Germany invaded the Soviet Union?
• How much of the Nazi defeat can be attributed to Stalin\\u2019s planning?
• What are the gaps in the conventional Hitler-centric account of the lead-up to the outbreak of World War II?
• Are there similarities between the invasion of Poland before World War II and the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine?
• What about Japan\\u2019s role in the outbreak of World War II?
• What are the circumstances around \\u201cPoland\\u2019s betrayal\\u201d at Tehran?
• What did Stalin want to get out of World War II?
• Is Stalin a model for Putin?
• Is Putin trying to establish the Soviet Union?
• Why didn\\u2019t NATO seize to exist when the Soviet Union collapsed?