The New Cold War Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West

by Lucas, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780230614345
• ISBN10: 0230614345
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-17
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

When departing president Boris Yeltsin appointed Vladimir Putin as his replacement in 1999, no one suspected that, a decade and two presidential terms later, this unassuming former KGB operative would still be the de facto leader of Russia. Edward Lucas, Eastern European correspondent for The Economist, reveals the aggressive policies guiding the Kremlin today, including: abuses of human and democratic rights, the reasons for instigating conflict in Georgia, the larger aims of the standoff over gas delivery to Eastern and Central Europe, and the true worth of Russia's economy. Hard-hitting and powerful, The New Cold War is the realistic view of Russia that the West can no longer ignore. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Edward Lucas has covered Eastern Europe for The Economist for over twenty years. He witnessed the end of the last Cold War, the parting of the Iron Curtain, and, as the Moscow bureau chief, covered Boris Yeltsin's reign and Vladimir Putin's rise to power. He lives in London, England.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Foreword to the Revised Edition	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Putin's Rise to Power	p. 19
Putin in Power	p. 37
Sinister Pretense	p. 57
Why Money Is Russia's Greatest Strength and Our Greatest Weakness	p. 87
The "New Tsarism"	p. 101
How Eastern Europe Sits on the Frontline of the New Cold War	p. 129
Pipeline Politics	p. 163
Saber-Rattling, or Selling Sabers	p. 189
How to Win the New Cold War	p. 207
Notes	p. 217
Index	p. 250
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