"Now fully updated and revised, this clear and comprehensive text explores the past quarter-century of Soviet/Russian international relations, comparing foreign policy formation under Gorbachev, Yelstin, Putin, and Medvedev. Drawing on an impressive mastery of both Russian and W…
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant work provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the G…
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant work provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the G…
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant work provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the G…
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant work provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the G…
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant work provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the G…
1917: the year a series of rebellions toppled three centuries of autocratic rule and placed a group of political radicals in charge of a world power. Here, suddenly, was the first modern socialist state, “a kingdom more bright that any heaven had to offer". But the dream wa…
1917: the year a series of rebellions toppled three centuries of autocratic rule and placed a group of political radicals in charge of a world power. Here, suddenly, was the first modern socialist state, ?a kingdom more bright that any heaven had to offer?. But the dream was sho…
Vladimir Putin, seen through Western eyes, is strong-willed, unpredictable, venal and vain. But how does he appear to his people? Anna Arutunyan, a Russian-American journalist, has observed Putin in action over the last 10 years and in this learned but readable book she puts Put…
Introduction: faith and story in imperial Russia / Heather J. Coleman -- The miraculous healing of the mute Sergei Ivanov, 22 February 1833 / Christine D. Worobec -- The miraculous revival and death of princess Anna Fedorovna Golitsyna, 22 may 1834 / Christine D. Worobec -- Mona…