more to undermine the international communist movement than Adolf Hitler did. Rather than Lenin's comrades Lev Kamenev, Grigory Zinoviev, Nikolai Bukharin and Lev Trotsky allying with Hitler, as they were falsely accused of doing in the great show trials of 1936-1938, it was Stalin who in 1939, as Trotsky explained, advanced "his candidacy for the role . . . of Hitler's main agent." Reception Journal reviews Waiting for Hitler was widely reviewed in notable academic journals. Some of the journals reviews of the book were: Carley, M. J. (2018). Stalin. Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler 1928–1941. Europe-Asia Studies, 70(3), pp. 477-479. Johnson, R. E. (2019). Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941 by Stephen Kotkin. International Journal, 74(3), pp. 490–492. Lenoe, M. (2019). Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941. The American Historical Review, 1241 pp. 376–377. Morson, G. S. (2017). Stalin’s Ism: A review of Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin. The New Criterion, 36(3), pp. 11-15. Tismaneanu, V. (2018). Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1928–1941. International Affairs, 94(4), pp. 926–928. Popular media Waiting for Hitler'' received reviews in the mainstream media, including many reviews by notable scholars in Soviet history and Stalinism. Some of these reviews include: See also Bibliography of Stalinism and the Soviet Union Case of the Anti-Soviet "Bloc of Rightists and Trotskyites" Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization Great Break (USSR) Gulag Joint State Political Directorate Mass graves in the Soviet Union Mass operations of the NKVD Moscow Trials NKVD troika Population transfer in the Soviet Union Rise of Joseph Stalin Stalin: Breaker of Nations Soviet invasion of Poland Soviet Union in World War II Stalinism Stalin's cult of personality History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953) Notes References External links Why Does Joseph Stalin Matter? Interview with Stephen Kotkin, (part 1). The Hover Institution. Why Does Joseph Stalin Matter? Interview with Stephen Kotkin, (part 2). The Hover Institution Author Lecture by Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941. NYU Abu Dabai Institute. Author Lecture by Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941. American Historical Association. Author Lecture by Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941. NYU Jordan Center. Books about Joseph Stalin Stalinism-era scholars and writers 2017 non-fiction books Biographies of Joseph Stalin Penguin Books books History books about the Soviet Union Russian biographies Georgian biographies Books about Stalinism