Bibliograph

The return, Russia's journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev, Daniel Treisman

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The return, Russia's journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev, Daniel Treisman

Language

eng

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platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The return

Oclc number

310397923

Responsibility statement

Daniel Treisman

Review

Drawing on two decades of research, Treisman analyzes the paradoxes in Russian politics and society, illuminating why the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. wasn't more violent, the repercussions of the Chechen wars, the "sacred place" vodka holds in the Russian imagination (and its pernicious effect on Russia's demographics), and how, 20 years after the fall of communism, relations between Russia and the U.S. remain so frosty. Yet as Treisman convincingly argues, most of the world's international problems--nuclear proliferation, Islamic terrorism, global warming--will be difficult to solve without Russia's help

Sub title

Russia's journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev

Table Of Contents

The captain -- The natural -- Unreasonable doubt -- The understudy -- The unraveling -- The transformation -- The logic of politics -- The mountains -- Falling apart -- The Russia that has returned

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