Outside the Beltway

UNCLE JOE VS. THE DUKE

James Joyner · Thursday, July 31, 2003 · 1 comment

MSNBC reports

Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was so outraged at the anti-communism of film star John Wayne that he plotted to have him murdered, according to a new biography of the American icon.

Yet another reason to dislike Stalin.

FILED UNDER: Popular Culture, Communism, John Wayne, MSNBC

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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm vet. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.