In this week’s episode of the Great Game, V and I explored the history of color revolutions from the French Revolution, to the Bolshevik Revolution, to the rise of the age of Open Society and the National Endowment for Democracy that have lit the world on fire during the last 40 years.
But first I have to confess that I myself am a Katyń denier (sort of), so I want to give some due to that side of the equation. Katyń Deniers rely mostly on the writings of Grover Furr on this issue, here is the main link to his writings on this matter. To be sure, Furr is considered to be a bit of crank, and it doesn’t help his cause that (a) he is not a trained historian, (b) he has gone on record as stating that “Stalin did nothing wrong, ever“, which diminishes his credibility; and (c) Furr has also used his persuasive powers (as well as some cursory work in the Soviet archives) to peddle the notion that Trotsky and Zinoviev were, in fact, Japanese and Nazi agents, just like Stalin claimed. I have read all of Furr’s writings on the latter point (the Moscow Trials, etc.), and find him not to be credible at all in this matter. So, why should I find him credible on the Katyń issue? Well, only because of one piece of physical evidence: Read through his monograph which I linked above, and look for the bit about the Jósef Kuligowski badge unearthed by Polish-Ukrainian archaeologists in 2011.”
So far I've read New Evidence of Trotsky's Conspiracy, Khrushchev lied and I'm in the middle of Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy. There are points that I am dissatisfied with, but the declassified transcripts and many other points of evidence gathered throughout jives with the independent discoveries I have made in my work on history (I'm also not an academically trained historian btw which is why I think I was able to make at least a few significant contributions to the field since no one ever taught me what can't be done or what rules I had to obey when researching). Right now I'm pretty stretched with work beyond capacity so taking on the links you shared is not going to happen soon, but I appreciate you bringing it to my attention for future reference. Gotta get back to work now.
Factual information lucidly presented. Thank you, Matt1
Matthew – regarding Grover Furr .. Having read and listened to him, I offer this article by Dmitry Bavyrin regarding the Katyn Forest Massacre
• США прикрыли Сталину спину в Катынском деле
https://vz.ru/politics/2020/3/5/1027119.html
I find this difficult to resolve cognitively but Grover Furr is far from convincing.
Just use a translator or see the article covered here in three parts by ‘yalensis’ at ‘Awful Avalanche’; …
https://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2020/03/07/katyn-revisited-part-i/
https://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2020/03/08/katyn-revisited-part-ii/
https://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2020/03/09/katyn-revisited-part-iii/
‘yalensis’ writes in his introduction: :
“<b>Confessions Of A Denier</b>
But first I have to confess that I myself am a Katyń denier (sort of), so I want to give some due to that side of the equation. Katyń Deniers rely mostly on the writings of Grover Furr on this issue, here is the main link to his writings on this matter. To be sure, Furr is considered to be a bit of crank, and it doesn’t help his cause that (a) he is not a trained historian, (b) he has gone on record as stating that “Stalin did nothing wrong, ever“, which diminishes his credibility; and (c) Furr has also used his persuasive powers (as well as some cursory work in the Soviet archives) to peddle the notion that Trotsky and Zinoviev were, in fact, Japanese and Nazi agents, just like Stalin claimed. I have read all of Furr’s writings on the latter point (the Moscow Trials, etc.), and find him not to be credible at all in this matter. So, why should I find him credible on the Katyń issue? Well, only because of one piece of physical evidence: Read through his monograph which I linked above, and look for the bit about the Jósef Kuligowski badge unearthed by Polish-Ukrainian archaeologists in 2011.”
So far I've read New Evidence of Trotsky's Conspiracy, Khrushchev lied and I'm in the middle of Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy. There are points that I am dissatisfied with, but the declassified transcripts and many other points of evidence gathered throughout jives with the independent discoveries I have made in my work on history (I'm also not an academically trained historian btw which is why I think I was able to make at least a few significant contributions to the field since no one ever taught me what can't be done or what rules I had to obey when researching). Right now I'm pretty stretched with work beyond capacity so taking on the links you shared is not going to happen soon, but I appreciate you bringing it to my attention for future reference. Gotta get back to work now.