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Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
Garry Kasparov
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Description for Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
Paperback. The stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship - and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPA; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
The stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship - and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen. The ascension of Vladimir Putin - a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB - to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed away from democracy. Yet in the intervening years - as America and the world's other leading powers have continued to appease him - Putin has grown not only into a dictator but an international threat. With his vast resources and nuclear arsenal, ... Read more
The stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship - and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen. The ascension of Vladimir Putin - a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB - to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed away from democracy. Yet in the intervening years - as America and the world's other leading powers have continued to appease him - Putin has grown not only into a dictator but an international threat. With his vast resources and nuclear arsenal, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782397892
SKU
9781782397892
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About Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov spent twenty years as the world's #1 ranked chess player. In 2005, he retired from professional chess to lead the pro-democracy opposition against Vladimir Putin, from street protests to coalition building. In 2012, he was named chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, succeeding Vaclav Havel. He has been a contributing editor to the Wall Street Journal since 1991 ... Read more
Reviews for Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
Garry Kasparov has written a passionate indictment both of Russia's kleptocracy and the complacency of Western democracies in the face of Putin. This threat has become our central foreign policy challenge, and Kasparov's arguments are essential in understanding how to face it.
Francis Fukuyama
Garry Kasparov is a mastermind in chess and politics, and he understands the evil ... Read more
Francis Fukuyama
Garry Kasparov is a mastermind in chess and politics, and he understands the evil ... Read more