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Mr. Putin

Operative in the Kremlin

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Mr. Putin

By: Fiona Hill, Clifford G. Gaddy
Narrated by: Ellen Archer
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 From the KGB to the Kremlin: a multidimensional portrait of the man at war with the West. Where do Vladimir Putin's ideas come from? How does he look at the outside world? What does he want, and how far is he willing to go?

The great lesson of the outbreak of World War I in 1914 was the danger of misreading the statements, actions, and intentions of the adversary. Today, Vladimir Putin has become the greatest challenge to European security and the global world order in decades. Russia's 8,000 nuclear weapons underscore the huge risks of not understanding who Putin is. Featuring five new chapters, this new edition dispels potentially dangerous misconceptions about Putin and offers a clear-eyed look at his objectives. It presents Putin as a reflection of deeply ingrained Russian ways of thinking as well as his unique personal background and experience. Freedom & Security Political Science Politics & Government Russian & Soviet World Russia War Soviet Union Imperialism Socialism Capitalism Imperial Japan
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Long, but must be finished to get the message. This is an attempt to explain Putin's Russia as it is: an attempt to show why he acts the way he does. The importance of understanding his thinking, not how the west thinks he should or does think!

Putin is Russia

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I’m not sure if it’s the way it’s written or the narrator. I’ve read / listened to many of the books on Putin authored by academics, journalists and politicians. I couldn’t get through this one as it seemed to drone on with no new or interesting insights. I hate to be negative but I didn’t love it.

There’s a lot of better books on Russia and Putin than this one

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