Author

Ian Ona Johnson

Ian Ona Johnson is the P.J. Moran Family Associate Professor of Military History at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War (Oxford University Press).

Articles by Ian Ona Johnson

The Warmonger

The Warmonger

Stalin saw an advantage in the renewal of global hostilities, so he helped facilitate them.
Blood-Soaked Monster

Blood-Soaked Monster

What turned Joseph Djugashvili into one of the most murderous dictators of all time?

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