{"product_id":"the-new-cold-war-9781408859285","title":"The New Cold War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevised and updated with a new preface on the Crimean crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An impressive polemic arguing that the West still underestimates the danger that Putin''s Russia poses ... A useful appeal for vigilance'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Highly informed, crisply written and alarming ... Wise up and stick together is the concluding message in Lucas''s outstanding book''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e - Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e  While most of the world was lauding the stability and economic growth that Vladimir Putin's ex-KGB regime had brought to Russia, Edward Lucas was ringing alarm bells. First published in 2008 and since revised, \u003ci\u003eThe New Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e remains the most insightful and informative account of Russia today. It depicts the regime's crushing of independent institutions and silencing of critics, taking Russia far away from the European mainstream. It highlights the Kremlin's use of the ener\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome dismissed this book as scaremongering. They should re-read it now * \u003cb\u003eRadoslaw Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eEssential reading * \u003cb\u003eAnne Applebaum, author of \u003ci\u003eGulag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e‘Highly informed, crisply written and alarming ... Wise up and stick together is the concluding message in Lucas's outstanding book' * Michael Burleigh, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e‘An impressive polemic arguing that the West still underestimates the danger that Putin's Russia poses ... A useful appeal for vigilance' * \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e‘Perceptive and accurate ... the KGB regime is attempting to restore the Soviet Empire' * Vladimir Bukovsky, former Soviet dissident *\u003cbr\u003e‘If you need a convincing argument for a joined-up EU foreign policy, look no further' * Angus Macqueen, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408013173079,"sku":"9781408859285","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408859285.jpg?v=1730501269","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-cold-war-9781408859285","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}