"For reasons that are made clear in this book, Putin's Russia will collapse just as Imperial Russia did in 1917 and as Soviet Russia did in 1991. The only questions are when, how violently, and with how much peril for the world. The U.S. election complicates everything, including: Putin's next land grab; Exploitations of the Arctic; Cyber-espionage; Putin and China... and many more crucial topics. An essential read for everybody bewildered and dismayed by the new world order"--Provided by publisher.
Details
ISBN: 9780312538088
Physical Description:264 pages.print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books,c2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: PART ONE: The Present as Prologue -- 1. Arms and the Man -- PART TWO: Background Check -- 2. The Education of V.V. Putin -- 3. Dresden -- PART THREE: Ascent -- 4. Russia's Fall, Putin's Rise -- 5. The Russia Putin Inherited and Its Spiritual Ills -- PART FOUR: Core Issues -- 6. Oil : A Wasting Asset -- 7. The Heart of the Matter : Ukraine -- PART FIVE: North- and Eastward -- 8. Russia's Mecca : The Artctic -- 9. Manifesting Destiny : Asia -- PART SIX: The Twilight of Paranoia -- 10. How Vladmir Putin Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet -- PART SEVEN: The End and After -- 11. Russia Without Putin, Putin Without Russia.