The New Tsar - The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

The epic tale of Vladimir Putin''s path to power, as he emerged from obscurity to become one of the world''s most important and dangerous leaders. Former New York Times Moscow Bureau Chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Putin since well before the recent events in the Ukraine , and gives us the fullest and most engaging account available of his rise to power . A gripping, page-turning narrative about Russian power and prestige, the book depicts a cool and calculating leader with enormous ambition and few scruples. As the world struggles to confront a newly assertive Russia, the importance of understanding Putin has never been greater . Vladimir Putin rose out of Soviet deprivation to the pinnacle of influence in the new Russian nation. He came to office in 2000 as a reformer, cutting taxes and expanding property rights, bringing a measure of order and eventually prosperity to millions whose only experience of democracy in the early years following the Soviet collapse was instability, poverty and criminality. On the other, Putin has ushered in a new authoritarianism - unyielding in its brutal repression of dissent and newly assertive politically and militarily in regions like Crimea and the Middle East. The New Tsar is a staggering achievement, a deeply researched and essential biography of one of the most important and destabilising world leaders in recent history, a man whose merciless rule has become inextricably bound to Russia''s foreseeable future.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Lee Myers, Lee Myers Steven, Stephen Lee Myers, Steven Lee Myers, STEPHEN LEE MYERS
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.09.2016
• EAN: 9781471130649
• ISBN: 978-1-4711-3064-9
• No. of pages: 572
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Central / national / federal government, Central government, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Post-Soviet