b> The monumental biography of the most influential leader on the world stage in the last twenty years.
Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.
Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbours, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. The regime he heads is autocratic and corrupt.
Yet many Russians continue to support him. Despite western sanctions, the majority have been living better than at any time in the past. By fair means or foul, under Putin's leadership, Russia has once again become a force to be reckoned with.
Philip Short's magisterial biography explores in unprecedented depth the personality of its enigmatic and ruthless leader and demolishes many of our preconceptions about Putin's Russia. Since becoming President in 2000, his obsession has been to restore Russia's status as a great power, unbound by western rules. What forces and experiences shaped him? What led him to challenge the American-led world order that has kept the peace since the end of the Cold War?
To explain is not to justify. Putin's regime is dark. He pursues his goals relentlessly by whatever means he thinks fit. But on closer examination, much of what we think we know about him turns out to rest on half-truths.
This book is as close as we will come to understanding Russia's ruler. It also makes us revise long-held assumptions about the course of global politics since the end of the Cold War.
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Pasaules skatuves pÄdÄjo divdesmit gadu ietekmÄ«gÄkÄ lÄ«dera biogrÄfija.
Vladimirs Putins ir Rietumu izstumtais.
VienÄ«gajam starp pasaules lÄ«deriem viÅam ir iespÄjas pÄrvÄrst ASV un Eiropu pelnos kodolugunsgrÄkÄ, un viÅÅ” ir draudÄjis to izdarÄ«t. ViÅÅ” iebrÅ«k savÄs kaimiÅvalstÄ«s, nesen arÄ« UkrainÄ, iejaucas Rietumu vÄlÄÅ”anÄs un pasÅ«ta slepkavÄ«bas gan KrievijÄ, gan Ärpus tÄs. ViÅa vadÄ«tais režīms ir autokrÄtisks un korumpÄts.
TomÄr daudzi krievi turpina viÅu atbalstÄ«t. Neskatoties uz Rietumu sankcijÄm, lielÄkÄ daļa dzÄ«vo labÄk nekÄ jebkad agrÄk. Ar godÄ«giem un negodÄ«giem lÄ«dzekļiem Putina vadÄ«bÄ Krievija atkal ir kļuvusi par spÄku, ar kuru ir jÄrÄÄ·inÄs.
Filipa Å orta maÄ£istra biogrÄfija bezprecedenta dziļumÄ pÄta tÄ mÄ«klainÄ un nežÄlÄ«gÄ lÄ«dera personÄ«bu un grauj daudzus mÅ«su priekÅ”status par Putina Krieviju. KopÅ” kļūŔanas par prezidentu 2000. gadÄ, viÅa apsÄstÄ«ba ir bijusi atjaunot Krievijas kÄ lielvalsts statusu, ko nesaista Rietumu noteikumi. KÄdi spÄki un pieredze viÅu veidoja? Kas lika viÅam izaicinÄt amerikÄÅu vadÄ«to pasaules kÄrtÄ«bu, kas ir saglabÄjusi mieru kopÅ” aukstÄ kara beigÄm?
Skaidrot nenozÄ«mÄ attaisnot. Putina režīms ir tumÅ”s. ViÅÅ” neatlaidÄ«gi tiecas sasniegt savus mÄrÄ·us ar jebkÄdiem lÄ«dzekļiem, ko pats uzskata par piemÄrotiem. TaÄu, rÅ«pÄ«gÄk izpÄtot, liela daļa no tÄ, ko mÄs domÄjam par viÅu zinÄm, ir balstÄ«ta uz puspatiesÄ«bÄm.
Å Ä« grÄmata ir tik tuvu Krievijas valdnieka sapraÅ”anai, cik varam nonÄkt. Tas arÄ« liek mums pÄrskatÄ«t ilgstoÅ”i pastÄvoÅ”os pieÅÄmumus par globÄlÄs politikas gaitu kopÅ” aukstÄ kara beigÄm.
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