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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: xxii, 264 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780312538088 (hardcover)
  • 0312538081 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
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.
Scope and content: "For reasons that are made clear in this book, Putin's Russia will collapse just as Imperial Russia did in 1917 and as Soviet Russia did in 1991. The only questions are when, how violently, and with how much peril for the world. The U.S. election complicates everything, including: Putin's next land grab; Exploitations of the Arctic; Cyber-espionage; Putin and China... and many more crucial topics. An essential read for everybody bewildered and dismayed by the new world order"--Provided by publisher.
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For reasons that are made clear in this book, Putin's Russia will collapse just as Imperial Russia did in 1917 and as Soviet Russia did in 1991. The only questions are when, how violently, and with how much peril for the world. The U.S. election complicates everything, including:*Putin's next land grab*Exploitations of the Arctic*Cyber-espionage*Putin and China...and many more crucial topics.An essential read for everybody bewildered and dismayed by the new world order.

"For reasons that are made clear in this book, Putin's Russia will collapse just as Imperial Russia did in 1917 and as Soviet Russia did in 1991. The only questions are when, how violently, and with how much peril for the world. The U.S. election complicates everything, including: Putin's next land grab; Exploitations of the Arctic; Cyber-espionage; Putin and China... and many more crucial topics. An essential read for everybody bewildered and dismayed by the new world order"--Provided by publisher.

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

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.

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