Putin
Book by Philip Short
DETAILS
Publisher : Henry Holt and Co. (July 26, 2022) Language : English Hardcover : 864 pages ISBN-10 : 1627793666 ISBN-13 : 978-1627793667 Item Weight : 2.24 pounds Dimensions : 6.6 x 1.95 x 9.65 inches Best Sellers Rank: #54,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #24 in Russian & Soviet Politics #232 in Political Leader Biographies #514 in U.S. State & Local History , The first comprehensive, fully up-to-date biography of Vladimir Putin, woven into the tumultuous saga of Russia over the last sixty years Vladimir Putin is the world’s most dangerous man. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbors, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. His regime is autocratic and deeply corrupt. But that is only half the story. Unflinching, hard-hitting, and objective, Philip Short’s biography gives us the whole tale, up to the present day. To the fullest extent anyone has yet been able, Short cracks open the strongman’s thick carapace to reveal the man underneath those bare-chested horseback rides. In this deeply researched account, readers meet the Putin who slept in the same room as his parents until he was twenty-five years old, who backed out of his wedding right beforehand, and who learned English in order to be able to talk to George W. Bush. Vladimir Putin is wreaking havoc in Europe, threatening global peace and stability and exposing his fellow citizens to devastating economic countermeasures. Yet puzzlingly many Russians continue to support him. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the many facets of the man behind the mask that Putin wears on the world stage. Drawing on almost two hundred interviews conducted over eight years in Russia, the United States, and Europe and on source material in more than a dozen languages, Putin will be the last word for years to come. Read more
REVIEW
Philip Short portrays Putin as a clever, calculating authoritarian who is passionate about Ukraine as a "legitimate" part of Russia. Putin seems to read well Clinton, Bush, Trump and Biden - but he may be surprised by a very stubborn Biden. I thought the book was well researched and it held my interest although keeping track of all the Russian characters since the eighties caused my eyes to glaze over. I don't know that many Americans will read it but keeping our enemy closer probably requires we study him and what others write about him.
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