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Informationen zum Autor Clifford G. Gaddy , an economist specializing in Russia, is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program’s Center on the United States and Europe. He is a co-founder and senior scientific advisor of the joint Russian-American Center for Research on International Financial and Energy Security, based at Penn State University. Gaddy is the co-author of the recently released second edition of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (Brookings, 2015). Klappentext Fiona Hill and other U.S. public servants have been recognized as Guardians of the Year in TIME's 2019 Person of the Year issue.From the KGB to the Kremlin: a multidimensional portrait of the man at war with the West.Where do Vladimir Putin's ideas come from? How does he look at the outside world? What does he want, and how far is he willing to go?The great lesson of the outbreak of World War I in 1914 was the danger of misreading the statements, actions, and intentions of the adversary. Today, Vladimir Putin has become the greatest challenge to European security and the global world order in decades. Russia's 8,000 nuclear weapons underscore the huge risks of not understanding who Putin is.Featuring five new chapters, this new edition dispels potentially dangerous misconceptions about Putin and offers a clear-eyed look at his objectives. It presents Putin as a reflection of deeply ingrained Russian ways of thinking as well as his unique personal background and experience.Praise for the first edition:?If you want to begin to understand Russia today, read this book.??Sir John Scarlett, former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)?For anyone wishing to understand Russia's evolution since the breakup of the Soviet Union and its trajectory since then, the book you hold in your hand is an essential guide.??John McLaughlin, former deputy director of U.S. Central Intelligence?Of the many biographies of Vladimir Putin that have appeared in recent years, this one is the most useful.??Foreign Affairs?This is not just another Putin biography. It is a psychological portrait.??The Financial TimesQ: Do you have time to read books? If so, which ones would you recommend? ?My goodness, let's see. There's Mr. Putin, by Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy. Insightful.??Vice President Joseph Biden in Joe Biden: The Rolling Stone Interview. Zusammenfassung Today Crimea. Tomorrow? Many Putin watchers believe that being able to anticipate the enigmatic Russian president's next move - whether it's hosting another grandiose spectacle! crushing a political rival! or annexing part of a neighboring country - depends on uncovering the "real" Vladimir Putin and his true motives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Part I. The Operative Emerges 1. Who Is Mr. Putin? 2. Boris Yeltsin and the Time of Troubles 3. The Statist 4. The History Man 5. The Survivalist 6. The Outsider 7. The Free Marketeer 8. The Case Officer 9. The System Part II. The Operative Engages 10. The Stakeholders' Revolt 11. Putin's World 12. The American Education of Mr. Putin 13. Russia Resurgent 14. The Operative Abroad Coda: The Operative in Action Chronology Notes on Translations, Transliteration, Nomenclature, Style, and Source Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes Bibliography Index ...
