Putin's Wars
From Chechnya to Ukraine
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Putin's Wars
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Narrated by:
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David Sibley
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By:
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Mark Galeotti
About this listen
Bloomsbury presents Putin's Wars by Mark Galeotti, read by David Sibley.
THE FINANICAL TIMES – BEST BOOKS OF 2022
'The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time.' – The Times
A history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine.
Putin's Wars is a timely overview of the conflicts in which Russia has been involved since Vladimir Putin became prime minister and then president of Russia, from the First Chechen War to the two military incursions into Georgia, the annexation of Crimea and the eventual invasion of Ukraine itself.
But it also looks more broadly at Putin's recreation of Russian military power and its expansion to include a range of new capabilities, from mercenaries to operatives in a relentless information war against Western powers. This is an engrossing strategic overview of the Russian military and the successes and failures on the battlefield.
Thanks to Dr Galeotti's wide-ranging contacts throughout Russia, it is also peppered with anecdotes of military life, personal snapshots of conflicts, and an extraordinary collection of first-hand accounts from serving and retired Russian officers. Russia continues to dominate the news cycle throughout the Western world.
There is no better time to understand how and why Putin has involved his armed forces in a variety of conflicts for over two decades.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2022 Mark Galeotti (P)2022 Bloomsbury Publishing PlcVery banal and throws no real punches, decent general overview that will likely be of no interest to anyone who already has even a basic understanding of the events in question. Easy to lose focus if you struggle to recall countless desk/political generals with excessively Slavic names.
Good performance by the narrator but can't really say I recommend it in any way. You might as well go read the Wikipedia articles on these conflicts and you'd probably get more info there as much of the books content is very surface level. There is no real in depth analysis taking place and the author cares more for dates and places, a real empty academic snooze fest. Feels like this book only exists as a way to cash in on renewed western interest in Russia. A book as bland as Putin's personality, that barely even discusses him despite the title literally being 'Putin's wars'.
I would also recommend the myriad of youtube video essayists who have been focusing on Russia and the war over this book. Or more academically a man like Stephen Kotkin over this. Overall a waste of time, much better stuff out there. If you are an academic looking for easy reference material then it might interest you, otherwise a real repetitive bore of a book.
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