Who Lost Russia?: How the World Entered a New Cold War
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (837 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1786072521 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Peter Conradi is the foreign editor of The Sunday Times. His previous books include Hitler's Piano Player and The King's Speech, co-authored with Mark Logue, which inspired the Oscar-winning film. During his six years as foreign correspondent in Moscow, he witnessed the USSR's collapse first-hand. He lives in Lambeth, South London
"Conradi wisely examines the forest's contours, avoiding the trees. As privatization was carried out painfully in Russia under Boris Yeltsin, the West did not lend its aid in a gushing "new Marshall Plan." The minority countries formerly behind the Iron Curtain moved for independence, prompting military action in 1994 against Chechnya and a conflicted reaction by the Russian people and consternation by the Bill Clinton administration. but alarmed the Russians, while the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia and loss of Ukraine compounded Russia's isolation. Despite the "reset" button pushed by President Barack Obama and his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Putin has continued to show a desire to re-create the lost Soviet empire. has taken issue with Russian President Putin’s growing domestic authoritarianism and “newfound assertiveness” abroad: intervention in Georgia, support for separatists in Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea, and a role in the Syrian Civ
"Good Summary" according to Thomas Reiter. This is a good summary of the history of US-Russian relations over the last few decades, and a good reminder of how we ended up where we are today--the euphoria and hope of the early nineties was gradually replaced by disappointment, then by grudging recognition that the US and Russia had different geopolitical goals and ideas about how to attain them, and now. evenhanded look ES The book appears to be an evenhanded review of Russia since the Soviet Union breakup. The internal situation probably could not have been altered much by outside influence. Russia has a history of authoritarian and strongman rule along with corruption. The citizenry does not appear to expect much more than to have a relatively decent living standard. Yeltsin h. An excellent book---a must read for anyone interested in this subject A step by step account of actions taken since the collapse of the Soviet Union to the situation in Russia today. An excellent book---a must read for anyone interested in this subject and what to expect in the years to come.
Some even dared to declare the end of history, assuming all countries would converge on enlightenment values and liberal democracy.Nothing could be further from the truth. Russia emerged from the 1990s battered and humiliated; the parallels with Weimar Germany are striking. It is fascinating to read the author's summary of Russia's actions in Syria in the context of recent events." The Wall Street Journal "Meticulously lays out the record, from Mikhail Gorbachev to Vladimir Putin A cold-eyed examination of recent Russian history that seems to show that there was never a solid plan to integrate Russia into the West.” Kirkus ReviewsWhen the Soviet Union collapsed on December 26, 1991, it looked like the start of a remarkable new era of peace and co-operation. Meanwhile, NATO is executing large-scale maneuvers and stockpiling weaponry close to Russia's border.In this provocative work, Peter Conradi argues that we have consistently failed to understand Russia and its motives an