The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

As the world struggles to confront a bolder Russia, the importance of understanding the formidable and ambitious...
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Author: Steven Lee Myers
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The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Myers, Steven Lee

The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

$49.83

The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

$49.83
Author: Steven Lee Myers
Format: Paperback
Language: English

As the world struggles to confront a bolder Russia, the importance of understanding the formidable and ambitious Vladimir Putin has never been greater. This gripping narrative of Putin's rise to power recounts Putin's origins--from his childhood of abject poverty in Leningrad to his ascent through the ranks of the KGB, and his eventual consolidation of rule in the Kremlin.

On the one hand, Putin's many domestic reforms--from tax cuts to an expansion of property rights--have helped reshape the potential of millions of Russians whose only experience of democracy had been crime, poverty, and instability after the fall of the Soviet Union. On the other, Putin has ushered in a new authoritarianism--unyielding in its brutal repression of dissent and newly assertive politically and militarily in regions like Crimea and the Middle East.

The New Tsar is a staggering achievement, a deeply researched and essential biography of one of the most important and destabilizing world leaders in recent history, a man whose merciless rule has become inextricably bound to Russia's forseeable future.

Author: Steven Lee Myers
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/23/2016
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780345802798

About the Author
STEVEN LEE MYERS has worked at The New York Times for twenty-six years, seven of them in Russia during the period when Putin consolidated his power. He spent two years as bureau chief in Baghdad, covering the winding down of the American war in Iraq, and now covers national security issues. He lives in Washington, D.C. This is his first book.

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