Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft
Allen C. Lynch
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hardcover. Since Russian leader Vladimir Putin assumed power in August 1999, speculation about his character, motives, and plans for Russia's future has been rampant in the West. A portrait of Putin has emerged in the West that is one-dimensional, ill informed, and diametrically opposed to the image of Putin the majority of Russians hold. Series: Shapers of International History. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
Since Russian leader Vladimir Putin assumed power in August 1999, speculation about his character, motives, and plans for Russia’s future has been rampant in the West. A portrait of Putin has emerged in the West that is one-dimensional, ill informed, and diametrically opposed to the image of Putin the majority of Russians hold. Even after he stepped down as president in May 2008, retaining a significant measure of power as prime minister under his hand-picked successor, President Dmitri Medvedev, Putin remains poorly understood. In this interpretive biography of Putin, Allen C. Lynch seeks to reconcile the two conflicting images and ... Read more
Since Russian leader Vladimir Putin assumed power in August 1999, speculation about his character, motives, and plans for Russia’s future has been rampant in the West. A portrait of Putin has emerged in the West that is one-dimensional, ill informed, and diametrically opposed to the image of Putin the majority of Russians hold. Even after he stepped down as president in May 2008, retaining a significant measure of power as prime minister under his hand-picked successor, President Dmitri Medvedev, Putin remains poorly understood. In this interpretive biography of Putin, Allen C. Lynch seeks to reconcile the two conflicting images and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Shapers of International History
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597972987
SKU
V9781597972987
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About Allen C. Lynch
Allen C. Lynch is professor of politics at the University of Virginia and former director of the university’s Center for Russian & East European Studies (1993–2008). He is a former assistant director of the W. Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union at Columbia University. He is the author of several books, including How Russia Is Not ... Read more
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