The Russia Hand
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The Russia Hand
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Author : Strobe Talbott
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2007-12-18
The Russia Hand written by Strobe Talbott and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with History categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “A rich and revealing account of the turbulent relationship between the U.S. and Russia during the first post-Cold War years. . . . Essential for any understanding of this critical and even dangerous period.”—Elizabeth Drew “A fascinating memoir of a weirdly unpredictable world.”—The New York Review of Books In the eight years Bill Clinton was president, as Russia lurched from crisis to crisis, each one more horrifying than the last, Clinton and his foreign-policy team found they faced no greater task than helping to keep Russia stable and at peace with herself and her neighbors. Strobe Talbott’s mesmerizing account of this struggle reveals what a close-run thing this was, and how much the relationship between George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin has been defined by the work of Bill Clinton. Written with a novelistic richness and energy, The Russia Hand is the first great book about war and peace in the post-Cold War world. It is also the one book anyone needs to understand Russia’s fateful transformation and future possibilities after ten years as a democracy.
Cold War 2 The Start Of A New Conflict Russia S Hand In Ukraine
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Author : Joseph Spark
language : en
Publisher: Conceptual Kings
Release Date : 2014-09-19
Cold War 2 The Start Of A New Conflict Russia S Hand In Ukraine written by Joseph Spark and has been published by Conceptual Kings this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-19 with History categories.
In recent times, United States and Russia have had much to squabble over. However, between the Russian occupation of Crimea, the U.S. sanctions that followed, as well as granting Edward Snowden asylum; Russia’s and the United States leadership is threatening to finally push these old foes to full blown conflict – the Second Cold War. Since the end of the Cold War in the early 90s, following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the palpable international tension as well as the stark political and economic chasm that separated the two main blocs has slowly disappeared. Nonetheless, the perpetual conflict between the United States and the Russian Federation continues to be expressed in subtle ways. Although these two nations have sometimes been forced to forgo their conflict and collaborate to ensure mutual prosperity and international security, their association has generally been met with cynical apprehension.
Power And Purpose
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Author : James M. Goldgeier
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2003-10-29
Power And Purpose written by James M. Goldgeier and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-29 with Political Science categories.
Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner. This book traces the evolution of American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, and later Russia, during the tumultuous and uncertain period following the end of the cold war. It examines how American policymakers—particularly in the executive branch—coped with the opportunities and challenges presented by the new Russia. Drawing on extensive interviews with senior U.S. and Russian officials, the authors explain George H. W. Bush's response to the dramatic coup of August 1991 and the Soviet breakup several months later, examine Bill Clinton's efforts to assist Russia's transformation and integration, and analyze George W. Bush's policy toward Russia as September 11 and the war in Iraq transformed international politics. Throughout, the book focuses on the benefits and perils of America's efforts to promote democracy and markets in Russia as well as reorient Russia from security threat to security ally. Understanding how three U.S. administrations dealt with these critical policy questions is vital in assessing not only America's Russia policy, but also efforts that might help to transform and integrate other former adversaries in the future.
Reflections On The Russian Soul
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Author : Dmitry S. Likhachev
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2000-01-06
Reflections On The Russian Soul written by Dmitry S. Likhachev and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This compelling and often traumatic book is the memoir of one of the most important figures in modern Russian history, Dmitry S. Likhachev, revered as ‘a guardian of national culture’. Reflections on the Russian Soul is an incredible account of an intellectual’s turbulent journey through twentieth century Russia. Likhachev re-counts the fortunes of people with whom he came into contact and reproduces the air of passed years in Russia. Likhachev vividly portrays his childhood years in St. Petersburg and continues into his student life at Leningrad University that led to an agonizing period of imprisonment and near death. He describes how a harmless prank caught the attention of the Secret Police, resulting in his exile and confinement within the infamous prison island of Solovki. He describes his first-hand experience of brutality in prison during the early Stalin years and the incident that not only saved him but also haunted him for the rest of his life. He reflects on the years after his release from prison and the events leading up to the Second World War. His powerful recollection of the blockade of Leningrad provides the reader with a horrific insight into the harsh effects of war, hunger and survival. Lichachev goes on to describe post-war Russia and how his own livelihood developed from literary editor to a return to Leningrad University as Professor of History. This compelling autobiography finishes with Likhachev’s poignant return to Solovki as a free man.
The Russia House
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Author : John le Carré
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-05-26
The Russia House written by John le Carré and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-26 with Fiction categories.
Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be the greatest asset to the West since perestroika began, and made a promise. Nearly a year later, his drunken promise returns to haunt him. A reluctant Barley is quickly trained by British Intelligence and sent to Moscow to liaise with a go-between, the beautiful Katya. Both are lonely and disillusioned. Each is increasingly certain that if the human race is to have any future, all must betray their countries ... In his first post-glasnost spy novel, le Carré captures the effect of a slow and uncertain thaw on ordinary people and on the shadowy puppet-masters who command them. Contains a foreword and afterword by the author.
Russia Resurrected
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Author : Kathryn E. Stoner
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020-11-16
Russia Resurrected written by Kathryn E. Stoner and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-16 with Political Science categories.
"This book refutes the idea that Russia plays a weak hand well in international politics. The book argues instead that Russia under Vladimir Putin's regime may not be as weak as is sometimes thought in the West. It takes a multi-dimensional approach in assessing Russian state power in international relations, going beyond metrics of power like relative strength of the economy, human capital, and size of the military, to also include the policy weight or importance of Russian firms and industries, as well as where geographically, Russian influence has spread globally. The book includes fresh empirical data on the Russian economy, demography and human capital, and conventional military and nuclear weaponry capacities in Russia relative to other great powers like China and the United States. The book argues that realpolitik alone does not explain Russian foreign policy choices under Putin. Rather, Putin's patronal autocratic regime and the need for social stability plays an important role in understanding when and why Russian power is projected in the 21st century"--
The Dead Hand
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Author : David Hoffman
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2009-09-22
The Dead Hand written by David Hoffman and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-22 with History categories.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this riveting narrative history sheds new light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today. Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified documents from deep inside the Kremlin, David E. Hoffman examines the inner motives and secret decisions of each side and details the deadly stockpiles that remained unsecured as the Soviet Union collapsed. This is the fascinating story of how Reagan, Gorbachev, and a previously unheralded collection of scientists, soldiers, diplomats, and spies changed the course of history.
Russia In Search Of Itself
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Author : James H. Billington
language : en
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Release Date : 2004-03-19
Russia In Search Of Itself written by James H. Billington and has been published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-19 with Philosophy categories.
Billington describes the contentious discussion occurring all over Russia and across the political spectrum. He finds conflicts raging among individuals as much as between organized groups and finds a deep underlying tension between the Russians' attempts to legitimize their new, nominally democratic identity, and their efforts to craft a new version of their old authoritarian tradition. After showing how the problem of Russian identity was framed in the past, Billington asks whether Russians will now look more to the West for a place in the common European home, or to the East for a new, Eurasian identity.
Russia And The Russians
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Author : Edward Crankshaw
language : en
Publisher: Kormendi Press
Release Date : 2007-03
Russia And The Russians written by Edward Crankshaw and has been published by Kormendi Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03 with History categories.
RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS RUSSIA and THE RUSSIANS Edward Crankshaw NEW YORK THE VIKING PRESS 1948 CONTENTS I. The World and the U. S. S. R. - 3 II. The Mighty Plain 15 1. The Spirit of the Plain 17 2. The Plain and History 33 3. The People of the Plain 57 IIL Who Are These Grey Masses 73 1. The Living Image 75 2. The Three Revolutions 91 3. Government, Police, and People 108 4. The Price of Victory 138 IV. The Road to Life 15 1. The Survivors 155 2. The Road to Life 169 V. The U. S. S. R. and the World 199 I THE WORLD AND THE U. S. S. R. THE WORLD AND THE U. S. S. R. IN a small book about Russia, written when the war was at its height, I undertook a brief survey of the history of Anglo-Russian relations from the sixteenth century, when they were first inaugurated, to the Intervention, when they temporarily ceased, in order to indicate, very lightly, certain lessons which could be learnt with profit for the future. The future, by which I then meant the end of the war in Europe and Asia, is now the present, and the lessons have not been learnt. They will not be repeated here and I refer to that earlier book only because it has a direct bearing on this one, which is neither more nor less than an attempt to produce a picture of the Russian people, their culture, and their political ideas, against the back ground of the unchanging conditions of their landscape and their climate. Something of this kind seems to me badly needed to serve as a firm anchorage for our thoughts and speculations about the impact of Russia upon the rest of the world. In that earlier book, after considering the monotonous and gloomy regularity with which the birth and recurrent rebirth of good-will between our two countries has been succeeded by the resurrection of suspicion, hardening quickly into hostility, open or concealed, and after some attempt to suggest reasons for this dire and inflexible rhythm, I tried to show that if we were not very careful we should find the same thing happening at the end of the war which then seemed a long way off, and I went on to suggest that one of the first steps we could take to strengthen ourselves against the inevitable shock of disillusion ment to come was to disillusion ourselves a little in advance and try to think of the Russians as ordinary human beings instead of as a nation of masked demigods. I was writing in 1943, shortly after the victory at Stalingrad, when the agitation for the so-3 4 Russia and the Russians called Second Front was at its height both in Moscow and in London, and when we, the average Englishman or American, were extending to Russia a warmth and passion of admiration unprecedented in the history of alliances. Nothing Russia did was wrong nothing we did was right. To return from Moscow to London at that time was an odd and unmanageable experience...
Being Vladimir S Righthand
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Author : Johana Connor
language : en
Publisher: UB Tech
Release Date :
Being Vladimir S Righthand written by Johana Connor and has been published by UB Tech this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Some of the richest and most powerful men in all of Russia make up Vladimir Putin's support staff and right-hand men. Igor Sechin is frequently referred to as one of President Vladimir Putin's closest pals, although he is also occasionally called a pain in Putin's side. Whatever his relationship with the president may be, almost all concur that he is one of the most ambitious and powerful figures in Russian politics, especially when it comes to overseeing significant economic transactions involving state funds and state businesses. Sechin served as Putin's deputy chief of staff and was dubbed the grey cardinal of Russian politics by local media while Putin was in charge of the Kremlin from 2000 to 2008. Sechin was appointed head of Prime Minister Putin's secretariat in August 1999. Igor Ivanovich was chosen to serve on Rosneft's newly reconstituted board of directors, and he was appointed chairman. Businessmen, diplomats, and government officials see Sechin as the unofficial leader of a group of siloviki, or powerful men with a history in the armed forces or security services, who are wary of the West and favour a strong state role in the Russian economy. Read the life story of one of Russia's most successful individuals, the grey cardinal. As can be seen, a lengthy and extremely exciting career, spanning the African wars to the highest levels of government, lies behind the true success and impact. Being born into a wealthy, well-known family is not at all necessary in order to succeed and influence others.