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WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE
WINNER OF THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

“Fast-paced and excellently written. —New York Times

“Filled with sparkling prose and deep analysis.” –The Wall Street Journal

An essential analysis to understanding Putin's playbook and understanding the real Russian threat to World order and peace

How did a country that embraced freedom over twenty-five years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with the West? In this Orwell Prize-winning book, Arkady Ostrovsky reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled post-Soviet transformation.

A highly regarded Moscow correspondent for the Economist, Arkady Ostrovsky comes to this story both as a participant and a foreign correspondent. His knowledge

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: 04/07/2017
      ISBN13: 9780399564178, 978-0399564178
      ISBN10: 0399564179

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE
      WINNER OF THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD
      FINALIST FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
      FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

      “Fast-paced and excellently written. —New York Times

      “Filled with sparkling prose and deep analysis.” –The Wall Street Journal

      An essential analysis to understanding Putin's playbook and understanding the real Russian threat to World order and peace

      How did a country that embraced freedom over twenty-five years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with the West? In this Orwell Prize-winning book, Arkady Ostrovsky reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled post-Soviet transformation.

      A highly regarded Moscow correspondent for the Economist, Arkady Ostrovsky comes to this story both as a participant and a foreign correspondent. His knowledge

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