| Description |
xiv, 370 pages : map ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. The time of troubles -- The ties that bind -- The boys in pink trousers -- In search of a new Marshall Plan -- Stockholm syndrome -- Eastward bound -- Bill and Ol' Boris -- A fatal error? -- Kosovo -- II. Rebirth -- A new start -- A sense of Putin's soul -- From 9/11 to Iraq -- Mission accomplished -- The colour revolution -- Munich -- The trap -- III. The hot peace -- Overload -- Silicon Valley -- The return of the chief -- Ukraine -- A piece of paradise -- "You do it too" -- Towards Eurasia -- The Siberian candidate -- Three faces of Russia. |
| Summary |
When the Soviet Union collapsed on December 26, 1991, it looked like the start of a remarkable new era of peace and co-operation. 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. Goaded on by a triumphalist West, a new Russia has emerged, with a large arsenal of upgraded weapons, conventional and nuclear, determined to reassert its national interests in the 'near abroad' - Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine - as well as fighting a proxy war in the Middle East. Meanwhile, NATO is executing large-scale maneuvers and stockpiling weaponry close to Russia’s border. In this provocative new work, Peter Conradi argues that we have consistently failed to understand Russia and its motives and, in doing so, have made a powerful enemy. |
| Subject(S) |
Political culture -- Russia (Federation)
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History -- Europe.
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History -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries.
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Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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| ISBN |
9781786070418 (hardcover) |
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1786070413 (hardcover) |
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