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02776aam a2200325 i 4500 001 1523B3C8E5B611EE96AABEA640ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240319010056 008 240313s2024 enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a bl2024005914 020 $a 1399409867 020 $a 9781399409865 040 $a IMmBT $b eng $c IMmBT $e rda $d SILO 050 14 $a DK510.763 $b .S59 2024 082 04 $2 23/eng/20240313 100 1 $a Sixsmith, Martin, $e author. $9 155441 245 10 $a PUTIN AND THE RETURN OF HISTORY : $b HOW THE KREMLIN REKINDLED THE COLD WAR / $c Martin Sixsmith with Daniel Sixsmith. 264 1 $a London : $b Bloomsbury Continuum, $c 2024. 300 $a ix, 357 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a 2024/03/19 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet communism, the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would henceforth be the dominant, ultimately unique, system of governance - a hubris that shaped how the West would treat Russia for the next two decades. But history wasn't over. Putin is a paradox. In the early years of his presidency, he appeared to commit himself to friendship with the West, suggesting that Russia could join the European Union or even NATO. He said he supported free-market democracy and civil rights. But the Putin of those years is unrecognisable today. The Putin of the 2020s is an autocratic nationalist, dedicated to repression at home and anti-Western militarism abroad. So, what happened? Was he lying when he proclaimed his support for freedom, democracy and friendship with the West? Or, was he sincere? Did he change his views at some stage between then and now? And if that is the case, what happened to change him? Putinand the Return of History examines these questions in the context of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics of aggression: the enduring terror of encirclement by outsiders, the subjugation of the individual to the cause of the state, the collectivist values that allow the sacrifice of human lives in battle, the willingness to lie and deceive, the co-opting of religion and the belief in Great Russia's mission to change the world."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, $d 1952- $x Political and social views. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Politics and government $y 1991- $9 78983 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Foreign relations. $9 91027 651 0 $a Russia $x History. $9 78920 700 1 $a Sixsmith, Daniel, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240319011057.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1523B3C8E5B611EE96AABEA640ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search