"We have only your word for it, "
We don't need your word on it; you pronounce - you seldom quote or claim to have authority to back up what you say - and you always do it in a sneering manner, as if those who disagree with you are lesser beings.
Happy to supply my reading list to you any time you wish - have constantly attempted to recommend books I feel important, as I have just done on the other thread.
One of the most important books on the period was Robert Conquest's The Great Terror - on the thirties rather than the Famine
My point on reading is that it is essential if you are going to understand subject fully and in context - Keith seems to be immune to this and prefers to either selectively quote scooped up bits that fit a decided line of thought, or invent them when they don't - that is the sum total of his reading, it would appear.
I ave no ideawhat your is, as you hardly ever quote - just pontificate
Jim Carroll