Man Without a Face The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

Name: Man Without a Face The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
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ISBN: 9781594488429

ISBN-10: 1594488428

ISBN-13: 9781594488429

Edition: 2012

Authors: Masha Gessen

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The Man Without a Faceis the chilling account of how a low- level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. Handpicked as a successor by the "family" surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin seemed like a perfect choice for the oligarchy to shape according to its own designs. Suddenly the boy who had stood in the shadows, dreaming of ruling the world, was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Prologue



The Accidental President



The Election War



The Autobiography of a Thug



Once a Spy



A Coup and a Crusade



The End of a Reformer



The Day the Media Died



The Dismantling of Democracy



Rule of Terror



Insatiable Greed



Back to the Ussr


Epilogue: A Week in December


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index