Putin's Playbook

by Koffler, Rebekah

• ISBN13: 9781684510030
• ISBN10: 1684510031
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2020-05-26
• Publisher: Gateway Books

Summary

Putin’s Playbook is urgently essential reading. A former U.S. intelligence specialist who was born and raised in the Soviet Union explains what Vladimir Putin wants and how he plans to get it. Russia’s ruler is following a carefully devised plan to defeat the United States.

Rebekah Koffler came to America as a young woman. After 9/11, she joined the Defense Intelligence Agency, devoting her career to protecting her new country. Now she reveals in chilling detail Putin’s long-range plan—his “playbook”—to weaken and subdue the United States, preparing for the war that he believes is inevitable.

With the insight of a native, Koffler explains how Russians, formed by centuries of war-torn history, understand the world and their national destiny. The collapse of the Soviet empire, which Putin experienced as a vulnerable KGB agent in East Germany, was a catastrophic humiliation. Seeing himself as the modern “Czar Vladimir” of a unique Slavic nation at war with the West, he is determined to restore Russia to its place as a great power.

Koffler’s analysis is enriched by her deeply personal account of her life in the Soviet Union. Devoted to her adopted homeland but concerned about the complacency of her fellow citizens, she appreciates American freedoms as only a survivor of totalitarianism can. An opportunity to view ourselves and the world through the eyes of our adversary, Putin’s Playbook is a rare and compelling testimony that we ignore at our peril.

Author Biography

Rebekah Koffler is a Russian-born, English-Russian bilingual U.S. intelligence expert on Russian doctrine and strategy, including cyber tradecraft. She served as a senior intelligence officer in the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2008 to late 2016. Born and raised in the former Soviet Union and educated both in Russia and the United States, Rebekah has a deep understanding of Russians’ mindset and behavior. As a recognized intelligence community expert on Russia, Ms. Koffler has delivered classified briefings to top U.S. military commanders, NATO ministers, the directors of the CIA and DIA, the White House National Security Council, and senior congressional staff.

Ms. Koffler holds an M.A. in International Transactions from George Mason University in Virginia, a B.A./M.A. in Foreign Languages from Moscow State Pedagogical University, and a Graduate Certificate in Intelligence from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C.

In her post-public service career, Rebekah is a writer, commentator, and national security consultant. She is currently editor of the website White House Dossier and writes the newsletter Cut to the News.