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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Ostrovsky, Arkady, 1971-     Subjects     Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.     Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-     Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-     Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991-     Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries.     Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ostrovsky, Arkady, 1971-       by title:      The invention of Rus...       by call number:      947.086 O85i     Search the Web     Ostrovsky, Arkady, 1971-     Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.     Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-     Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-     Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991-     Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries.     Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)       MARC Display

The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war / Arkady Ostrovsky. by Ostrovsky, Arkady, 1971- Viking, [2016] Call #: 947.086 O85i Subjects Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.   Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-   Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-   Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991-   Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries.   Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation) ISBN:  9780399564161 (hc.) Description:  374 pages ; 24 cm. Notes:  Originally published in Great Britain in 2015 by Atlantic Books. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-355) and index. Contents:  I: In the beginning was the word. Fathers and sons ; New beginning or dead end ; "We suffered a victory" ; Kommersant or the birth of Russian capitalism ; Loss -- II: "Image is everything". Normal television in abnormal circumstances ; The oligarchs' war ; Lights, camera, Putin ; Remote control ; Aerial combat. Summary:  "A highly original narrative history by The Economist Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in Age of Ambition, "--Amazon.com. "The end of communism and breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of euphoria around the world, but Russia today is violently expansionary and dangerously nationalistic. So how did we go from the promise of those days to the autocratic police state of Putin new Russia? The Invention of Russia reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of this stealthy counterrevolution. Arkady Ostrovsky introduces us to the propagandists and TV personalities who have set Russia course since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union yoked together dreamers and strongmen--reformers who believed that socialism needed only to be freed from Stalin crimes and nationalists who pushed for an ever more powerful state. Ostrovsky sees Gorbachev as the last of the dreamers. When his enlightened socialism failed to stock the shelves, the country turned to a mercurial strongman whose pyrotechnics would stoke their pride while his plunder on behalf of the state jump-started the economy. Putin Russia is a cynical operation, where perpetual fear and perpetual war are fueled by a web of lies, as the media peddles myths to justify the invasion of Ukraine, cheers the bombing of Syria, and goads Putin to go nuclear. Twenty-five years after the Soviet flag came down over the Kremlin, Russia and America are again heading toward a confrontation, but this course was far from inevitable. A riveting account of how we got here, and of the many mistakes and false steps along the way"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 947.086 O85i Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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