JAN17. Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.
Summary:
In this forceful, critically acclaimed book, the brilliant grandmaster and human rights activist Garry Kasparov tells the stunning story of Russia's backslide into a dictatorship - and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen. In its compelling reconstruction of the history of the Soviet bloc since the end of the Cold War, Winter Is Coming shows how Vladimir Putin has grown not only into a dictator but an international threat. The collapse of the Soviet Union was not an endpoint - only a change of seasons, as the Cold War melted into a new spring. But now, after years of complacency and poor judgment, winter is once again upon us. Kasparov lays out an urgent case for stopping the most dangerous regime in the world - and how to do it.
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