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Putin's Wars
- The Rise of Russia's New Imperialism
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Publisher's Summary
This audiobook offers the first systematic analysis of Putin's two wars, placing the Second Chechen War and the War with Georgia of 2008 in their broader historical contexts. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marcel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin's wars were prepared and conducted and why they led to allegations of war crimes and genocide. He shows how the conflicts functioned to consolidate and legitimate Putin's regime and explores how they were connected to a third, hidden, "internal war" waged by the Kremlin against the opposition. The author convincingly argues that the Kremlin - relying on the secret services, the Orthodox Church, the Kremlin youth "Nashi", and the rehabilitated Cossacks - is preparing for an imperial revival, most recently in the form of a "Eurasian Union."
An essential book for understanding the dynamics of Putin's regime, this study digs deep into the Kremlin's secret long-term strategies. Clearly argued, it makes a compelling case that Putin's regime emulates an established Russian paradigm in which empire building and despotic rule are mutually reinforcing. As the first comprehensive exploration of the historical antecedents and political continuity of the Kremlin's contemporary policies, Van Herpen's work will make a valuable contribution to the literature on post-Soviet Russia, and his arguments will stimulate vigorous debate.
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- Tim Curtis
- 19-05-2022
Astonishing. Staggeringly prescient in 2022.
This is an astonishing book. Beyond prescient, this is basically a prophetic book. Reading this book in the middle of Russia's tragic invasion of the Ukraine in 2022 has given me extraordinary insight into why the Kremlin have invaded. He even describes in advance the tactics they have used, based on the precedent of Georgia and Chechnya invasions. This book deserves the highest accolades and awards.
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