Putin: The explosive and extraordinary new biography of Russia’s leader - Couverture rigide

Short, Philip

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847923372 ISBN 13 : 9781847923370

Editeur : Bodley Head, 2022

Synopsis

**A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**

'Anyone wanting to learn more about Putin's personality, ideas, power...should read this outstanding biography' Ian Kershaw, author of Personality and Power

This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what is happening in Ukraine today.

Vladimir Putin has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm. He invades his neighbours, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia.

Yet many Russians continue to support him. Despite western sanctions, the majority have been living better than at any time in the past. By fair means or foul, under Putin's leadership, Russia has once again become a force to be reckoned with.

Philip Short's magisterial biography demolishes many of our preconceptions about Putin's Russia and explores in unprecedented depth the personality of its enigmatic and ruthless leader. What forces and experiences shaped him? What led him to challenge the American-led world order that has kept the peace since the end of the Cold War?

To explain is not to justify. Putin pursues his goals relentlessly by whatever means he thinks fit. But on closer examination, much of what we think we know about him turns out to rest on half-truths.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Philip Short has written authoritative biographies including Mao: A Life and Pol Pot: History of a Nightmare, following a long career as a foreign correspondent for the BBC in Moscow, Washington and other world capitals.

He spent eight years researching and writing this book, working mainly from sources within Russia, but also in Britain, France, the United States and a dozen other countries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bodley Head
• Date d'édition: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1847923372
• ISBN 13: 9781847923370
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 864
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible