6/27/2023 0 Comments The future is history reviewIt might seem that we already know enough about Putin and the Russia he’s dragged back into ugliness. Van Herpen’s 'Putinism: The Slow Rise of a Radical Right Regime in Russia' (2013), and Masha Gessen’s own 'The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin' (2013). Putin: Operative in the Kremlin' (2013) Marcel H. In just a few years we’ve absorbed harsh, important truths from a slew of studies such as Steven Lee Myers’s 'The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin' (2015) Karen Dawisha’s 'Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?' (2014) Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy’s 'Mr. Putin has helpfully juiced the comparison by undermining any quibbles about Russia not being the same place as the Soviet Union.įewer Russian hands observe that Putin is also chasing Stalin as the subject of the most books about a modern Russian leader. Russia specialists noted recently that Vladimir Putin’s third Presidential term will make him the longest-serving Russian leader since Stalin. In the 30 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the Maannouncement of the 2017 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the thirty finalists.Today, NBCC board member Carlin Romano offers an appreciation of nonfiction finalist Masha Gessen’s The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia' (Riverhead).
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