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THE NEW TSAR
THE RISE AND REIGN OF VLADIMIR PUTIN |
| By: |
Steven Lee Myers |
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Paperback |
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£9.99 |
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£7.29 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1471130649 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781471130649 |
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| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2016 |
| Pages: |
592 |
| Description: |
An epic tale of the path to power of Vladimir Putin, emerging from obscurity to become one of the world's most conflicted and important leaders. |
| Synopsis: |
An epic tale of Vladimir Putin's path to power, as he emerged from obscurity to become one of the world's most conflicted and important leaders. Former New York TimesMoscow Bureau Chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Putin since well before the recent events in the Ukraine, and gives us the fullest and most engaging account available of his rise to power. A gripping, page-turning narrative about Russian power and prestige, the book depicts a cool and calculating leader with enormous ambition and few scruples. As the world struggles to confront a newly assertive Russia, the importance of understanding Putin has never been greater. Vladimir Putin rose out of Soviet deprivation to the pinnacle of influence in the new Russian nation. He came to office in 2000 as a reformer, cutting taxes and expanding property rights, bringing a measure of order and eventually prosperity to millions whose only experience of democracy in the early years following the Soviet collapse was instability, poverty and criminality. But soon Putin orchestrated the preservation of a new kind of authoritarianism, consolidating power, reasserting his country's might, brutally crushing revolts and swiftly dispatching dissenters, even as he retained the support of many. |
| Illustrations: |
16pp b-w plates |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster Ltd |
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Returnable |
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