Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft

Name: Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft
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ISBN: 9781597972987

ISBN-10: 1597972983

ISBN-13: 9781597972987

Edition: 2011

Authors: Allen C. Lynch

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Since Russian leader Vladimir Putin assumed power in August 1999, speculation about his character, motives, and plans for Russia's future has been rampant in the West. A portrait of Putin has emerged in the West that is one-dimensional, ill informed, and diametrically opposed to the image of Putin the majority of Russians hold. Even after he stepped down as president in May 2008, retaining a significant measure of power as prime minister under his hand-picked successor, President Dmitri Medvedev, Putin remains poorly understood. In this interpretive biography of Putin, Allen C. Lynch seeks to reconcile the two conflicting images and find out just where the truth lies about the man and the…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Series Editor's Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Formative Years (1952-1990)



In St. Petersburg's City Hall (1990-1996)



To Moscow and the Top (1996-1999)



Putin At the Helm (1999-2000)



Putin in Power: Domestic Politics and Policies



Putin in Power: Foreign Policy


Conclusion: To 2012 and Beyond


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index


About the Author