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Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution, Updated Edition
Potomac Books Inc.
March 2007
On Sale: March 20, 2007
484 pages
ISBN: 1597971227
EAN: 9781597971225
Paperback
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Non-Fiction
With the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia launched
itself on a fitful transition to Western-style democracy and
a market economy. But a decade later, Boris Yeltsin’s
handpicked successor—Vladimir Putin, a self-described
childhood hooligan turned KGB officer—resolved to end the
revolution. Kremlin Rising goes behind the scenes of
contemporary Russia to offer a sobering picture of its
leader and the direction in which the country is now headed.
As Moscow bureau chiefs for the Washington
Post, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser witnessed firsthand
the methodical campaign to reverse the post-Soviet
revolution and transform Russia back into an authoritarian
state. Their gripping narrative moves from Putin’s unlikely
rise through the key moments of his tenure. But the authors
go beyond the politics to draw a moving and vivid portrait
of the Russian people they encountered—both those who have
prospered and those barely surviving—and show how the
political flux has shaped these individuals’ lives.
With shrewd reporting and unprecedented access to
Putin’s insiders, Kremlin Rising offers both
unsettling revelations about Russia’s leader and a
compelling inside look at life in the land he is building.
This book is an extraordinary contribution to our
understanding of Russia and the debate about the country’s
uncertain future and its relationship with the United States.
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