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Author:

Lourie, Richard, 1940- author.

Title:

Putin : his downfall and Russia's coming crash / Richard Lourie.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxii, 264 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,--1952-
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,--1952---Influence.
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,--1952---Political and social views.
Presidents--Russia (Federation)--Biography.
Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-
Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations.
Political culture--Russia (Federation)--History--21st century.
Political corruption--Russia (Federation)--History--21st century.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.

Contents:

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 Arctic -- 9. Manifesting destiny : Asia -- PART SIX: The twilight of paranoia -- 10. How Vladimir Putin learned to stop worrying and love the Internet -- PART SEVEN: The end and after -- 11. Russia without Putin, Putin without Russia.

ISBN:

0312538081 (hardcover)
9780312538088 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)974612637

LCCN:

2017006939

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