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  • Opening NATO's Door

    How the Alliance Remade Itself for a New Era

    by Ronald Asmus ...
    Series series A Council on Foreign Relations Book
    How and why did NATO, a Cold War military alliance created in 1949 to counter Stalin's USSR, become the cornerstone of new security order for post-Cold War Europe? Why, instead of retreating from Europe after communism's collapse, did the U.S. launch the greatest expansion of the American commitment to the old continent in decades? Written by a high-level insider, Opening NATO's Door provides a ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • A Little War That Shook the World

    Georgia, Russia, and the Future of the West

    by Ronald D. Asmus, Strobe Talbott ...
    The brief war between Russia and Georgia in August 2008 seemed to many like an unexpected shot out of the blue that was gone as quickly as it came. Former Assistant Deputy Secretary of State Ronald Asmus contends that it was a conflict that was prepared and planned for some time by Moscow, part of a broader strategy to send a message to the United States: that Russia is going to flex its muscle in ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Not One Inch

    America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

    by M. E. Sarotte ...
    Series series The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series
    Thirty years after the Soviet Union’s collapse, this book reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall“The most engaging and carefully documented account of this period in East-West diplomacy currently available.”—Andrew Moravscik, Foreign AffairsNot one inch. With these words, Secretary of State James Baker proposed ... Read more

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  • Who Lost Russia?

    From the Collapse of the USSR to Putin's War on Ukraine

    by Peter Conradi ...
    ‘A must read for anyone interested in the future of Europe and the world as a whole.’ Serhii Plokhy, author of The Last EmpireAn essential insight into Russia’s relations with Ukraine, the US and beyondWhy did Vladimir Putin launch his devastating attack on Ukraine in February 2022? And is Western policy towards Russia to blame for the bloodiest war on European soil since 1945? Peter Conradi, ... Read more

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  • Armageddon Averted : Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000

    The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000

    by Stephen Kotkin ...
    Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue--bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse--this compact, original, and engaging book offers the definitive account of one of the great historical events of the last fifty years. Combining historical and ... Read more

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  • The Last Empire

    The Final Days of the Soviet Union

    by Serhii Plokhy ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Gates of Europe offers “a stirring account of an extraordinary moment” in Russian history (Wall Street Journal)On Christmas Day, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to declare an American victory in the Cold War: earlier that day Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned as the first and last Soviet president. The enshrining of that narrative, ... Read more

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  • The Putin Corporation

    The Story of Russia's Secret Takeover

    by ri Felshtinsky ...
    'Impressive.' TLS 'Dodgy deals and horrible murders.' New Statesman Book of the Year 'Explosive.' Daily Telegraph Welcome to the Putin Corporation. Russia's March 2012 presidential election showed that Vladimir Putin's position is unassailable. Why is he on course to lead Russia for a longer period than Stalin? Is Russia experimenting with a new form of tyranny, where the whole country is run like ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Return

    Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev

    by Daniel Treisman ...
    A refreshing and deeply reported look at the political, economic, and cultural changes in Russia, with an in-depth examination of Vladimir Putin’s rise, the power of the oligarchy, and what it means for the world.Almost twenty-five years after Mikhail Gorbachev began radically reshaping his country, Russia has changed beyond recognition. In his third book on this subject, Professor Daniel Treisman ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The New Russia

    by Mikhail Gorbachev ...
    Translated by Arch Tait ...
    After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin’s motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail Gorbachev. In this new work, Russia’s elder statesman draws on his wealth of knowledge and experience to reveal the development of Putin’s regime and ... Read more

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  • Nixon and Mao

    The Week That Changed the World

    by Margaret MacMillan ...
    Margaret MacMillan, praised as “a superb writer who can bring history to life” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), brings her extraordinary gifts to one of the most important subjects today–the relationship between the United States and China–and one of the most significant moments in modern history.In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • The New Cold War

    Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West

    by Edward Lucas ...
    The first edition of The New Cold War was published to great critical acclaim. Edward Lucas has established himself as a top expert in the field, appearing on numerous programs, including Lou Dobbs, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and NPR.Since The New Cold War was first published in February 2008, Russia has become more authoritarian and corrupt, its institutions are weaker, and reforms have ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Putin's Kleptocracy

    Who Owns Russia?

    by Karen Dawisha ...
    Series series A Modern History of Russia
    The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha’s brilliant Putin’s Kleptocracy provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the Greater Russia.Russian scholar Dawisha describes and exposes the origins of Putin’s kleptocratic regime. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD