Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power | Lex Fridman Podcast #248
Absolute power in the hands of individuals like Stalin, Hitler, and Mao led to systematic genocides and the deaths of millions
Norman Naimark
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Norman Naimark is a historian at Stanford University specializing in the history of genocide and totalitarianism. He is an expert on Stalin, Soviet history, and the mechanisms of mass atrocities committed by authoritarian regimes.