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Mr. Putin : Operative in the Kremlin
by Fiona Hill
Russia experts Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy argue that Russia's President Vladimir Putin is in fact a man of many and complex identities. Drawing on a range of sources, including their own personal encounters, they describe six that are most essential: the Statist, the History Man, the Survivalist, the Outsider, the Free Marketeer, and the Case Officer. Understanding Putin's multiple dimensions is crucial for policymakers trying to decide how best to deal with Russia.
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The long hangover : Putin's new Russia and the ghosts of the past
by Shaun Walker
The Long Hangover is a new insight into contemporary Russia told through the country's troubled relationship with its Soviet past. The psychological burden of the Soviet collapse, and the attempts to marshal history in the service of a new national identity, help explain the newly resurgent Russia and the war in Ukraine.
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The new tsar : the rise and reign of Vladimir Putin
by Steven Lee Myers
Relates the rise to power of Russian president Vladimir Putin, detailing his emergence from shrouded obscurity and deprivation to become one of the most consequential and complicated leaders in modern history
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All The Kremlin's Men : Inside The Court of Vladimir Putin
by Mikhail Zygar§
In an account based on first-hand interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, the author asserts that Putin is actually a weary leader controlled by the many men who advise and deceive him and that many of the Kremlin's decisions have been nothing more than tactical responses to external events, devoid of logic or objective. An international best-seller. 30,000 first printing.
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Putin country : a journey into the real Russia
by Anne Garrels
A longtime NPR correspondent and author of Naked in Baghdad traces her visits to the nuclear program center of Chelyabinsk in Russia, describing how its growing democratic freedoms have had a contradictory impact on a population that has become increasingly wealthy, corrupt and intolerant.
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Putin's kleptocracy : who owns Russia?
by Karen Dawisha
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant work provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the Greater Russia
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The man without a face : the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin
by Masha Gessen
Documents the Russian prime minister's rapid ascent from a low-level KGB operative to the presidency, describing his selection by an ailing Boris Yeltsin's oligarchy and the ways in which the author believes that his views and ambitions have renewed Russia's threatening position to its citizens and the world. By the author of Perfect Rigor. 35,000 first printing.
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Putin and the rise of Russia
by Michael Stuermer
Revealing Russia's considerable military and energy resources in spite of popular perspectives on its post-collapse status, an assessment of the country's prospects in the aftermath of Vladimir Putin's presidency explains that Russia is facing a defining moment with far-reaching implications for the rest of the world.
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Putin's labyrinth : spies, murder, and the dark heart of the new Russia
by Steve LeVine
The killing of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006 becomes a lens that reveals the transformation of modern-day Russia, examining a series of bizarre deaths beginning in 1999, Russia's emergence as a growing economic power, and the evolution of a state that is authoritarian, corrupt, despotic, and increasingly dangerous. 35,000 first printing.
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