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001 2015010720
003 DLC
005 20151027081905.0
008 150529s2015 nyuab b 000 0beng
010 $a 2015010720
020 $a9780307961617 (cloth)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aDK510.766.P87$bM93 2015
082 00 $a947.086/2092$aB$223
084 $aBIO010000$aHIS032000$aHIS037080$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMyers, Steven Lee.
245 14 $aThe new tsar :$bthe rise and reign of Vladimir Putin /$cSteven Lee Myers.
250 $aFirst American edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2015.
300 $ax, 572 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
520 2 $a"The epic tale of the rise to power of Russia's current president--of his emergence from shrouded obscurity and deprivation to become one of the most consequential and complicated leaders in modern history. Former New York Times Moscow bureau chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Vladimir Putin's path for many years, and gives us the fullest, most absorbing account we have of his rise to power. This gripping narrative elucidates a cool and calculating man with enormous ambition and few scruples. We see Putin, a former KGB agent, come to office in 2000 as a reformer, cutting taxes, expanding property rights, bringing a measure of order and eventual prosperity to millions whose only experience of democracy in the early years following the Soviet collapse was instability, poverty, and criminality. But Myers makes clear how Putin then orchestrated a new authoritarianism, consolidating power, reasserting the country's might, brutally crushing revolts, and swiftly dispatching dissenters, even as he retained--and continues to retain--the support of many. As the world struggles to confront a newly assertive Russia, the importance of understanding Putin has never been greater. This keenly insightful, riveting book provides an essential key to that understanding"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 535-543).
600 10 $aPutin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,$d1952-
600 10 $aPutin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,$d1952-$xPolitical and social views.
650 0 $aPresidents$zRussia (Federation)$vBiography.
610 10 $aSoviet Union.$bKomitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti$vBiography.
650 0 $aPolitical leadership$zRussia (Federation)
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences)$zRussia (Federation)
651 0 $aRussia (Federation)$xPolitics and government$y1991-
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 21st Century.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9780307961617.jpg