When the Soviet Union collapsed on December 26, 1991, it looked like the start of a remarkable new era of peace and co-operation. But Russia emerged from the 1990s battered and humiliated. Goaded on by a triumphant West, a new Russia has emerged with a large arsenal of upgraded weapons, conventional and nuclear, determined to reassert its national interests in Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine, as well as fighting a proxy war in the Middle East. Conradi argues that we have consistently failed to understand Russia and its motives and, in doing so, have made a powerful enemy.
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ISBN: 9781786070418
Physical Description:xiv, 370 pages : map.print
Publisher:London, England :Oneworld Publications Ltd,c2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-361) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: I. The time of troubles -- the ties that bind -- The boys in pink trousers -- In search of a new Marshall Plan -- Stockholm syndrome -- Eastward bound -- Bill and Ol' Boris -- A fatal error? -- Kosovo -- II. Rebirth -- A new start -- A sense of Putin's soul -- From 9/11 to Iraq -- Mission accomplished -- The colour revolution -- Munich -- The trap -- III. The hot peace -- Overload -- Silicon Valley -- The return of the chief -- Ukraine -- A piece of paradise -- "You do it too" -- Towards Eurasia -- The Siberian candidate -- Three faces of Russia.