In his “Secret Speech” of February 1956 Nikita Khrushchev accused Joseph Stalin of immense crimes. Khrushchev’s speech was a body blow from which the worldwide communist movement never recovered. It changed the course of history.
The most influential speech of the 20th century—if not of all time—a dishonest swindle? The very thought is monstrous; the implications for our understanding of Left history—immense. Basing their work on Khrushchev’s lies, Soviet and Western historians, including Trotskyists and anticommunists, have effectively falsified Soviet history.
Virtually everything we thought we knew about the Stalin years turns out to be wrong. The history of the USSR, and of the communist movement of the 20th century, must be completely rewritten.
In his review of the book, American historian and professor Roger Keeran wrote: “Khrushchev Lied is a marvelous piece of work, formidable in its research and reasoning, clear and precise in its writing, and breathtaking in its findings and implications. Revisiting old sources and using new material from the Soviet archives, Grover Furr’s study demands a complete rethinking of Soviet history, socialist history, indeed world history of the 20th century.”
Grover Furr is a professor of Medieval English literature at Montclair State University who has written numerous books and papers on Soviet history, exposing anti-stalinist and anti-communist fallacies. Read his 2018 interview with Nikos Mottas here: Truth and lies about Stalin - An exclusive interview with Grover Furr.
Check out Grover Furr's homepage: https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/
