Description: Further DetailsTitle: Putin and the Return of HistoryCondition: NewSubtitle: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold WarAuthor: Martin SixsmithContributor: Daniel Sixsmith (With)Format: HardbackISBN-10: 1399409867EAN: 9781399409865ISBN: 9781399409865Publisher: Bloomsbury ContinuumGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, History, Law & PoliticsRelease Date: 01/18/2024Description: An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War.Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet communism, the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would henceforth be the dominant, ultimately unique, system of governance - a hubris that shaped how the West would treat Russia for the next two decades. But history wasn’t over. Putin is a paradox. In the early years of his presidency, he appeared to commit himself to friendship with the West, suggesting that Russia could join the European Union or even NATO. He said he supported free-market democracy and civil rights. But the Putin of those years is unrecognisable today. The Putin of the 2020s is an autocratic nationalist, dedicated to repression at home and anti-Western militarism abroad. So, what happened? Was he lying when he proclaimed his support for freedom, democracy and friendship with the West? Or, was he sincere? Did he change his views at some stage between then and now? And if that is the case, what happened to change him?Putin and the Return of History examines these questions in the context of Russia’s thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin’s politics of aggression: the enduring terror of encirclement by outsiders, the subjugation of the individual to the cause of the state, the collectivist values that allow the sacrifice of human lives in battle, the willingness to lie and deceive, the co-opting of religion and the belief in Great Russia’s mission to change the world.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 153mmRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Putin and the Return of History
Title: Putin and the Return of History
Subtitle: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War
Contributor: Daniel Sixsmith (With)
ISBN-10: 1399409867
EAN: 9781399409865
ISBN: 9781399409865
Release Date: 01/18/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Putin and the Return of History : How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Topic: Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Europe / Eastern, Geopolitics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Item Height: 1.4 in
Publication Year: 2024
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 20.5 Oz
Author: Martin Sixsmith
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
