Putin

"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 wreaking havoc in Europe, threatening global peace and stability and exposing his fellow citizens to devastating economic countermeasures...

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Main Author: Short, Philip (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
Edition: First US edition.
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Summary: "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 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"--
Item Description: Originally published by The Bodley Head (Penguin Random House UK) in 2022.
Physical Description: x, 854 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 677-829) and index.
ISBN: 9781627793667
1627793666
Author Notes: Philip Short has written several definitive biographies including Mao: A Life and Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare . He earlier had a long career as a foreign correspondent in Moscow, Beijing, and Washington, D.C., for the BBC, the Economist , and the Times of London.