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The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war / Arkady Ostrovsky.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: New York : Viking, [2015]Description: 383 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780857891587
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Invention of RussiaDDC classification:
  • 947.086
LOC classification:
  • 338 DK 510.76  O85in 2015
Contents:
Prologue: A silent procession -- I. In the beginning was the word. Fathers and sons ; New beginning or dead end ; "We suffered a victory" ; Kommersant or the birth of Russian capitalism ; Loss -- II. "Image is everything". Normal television in abnormal circumstances ; The oligarchs' war ; Lights, camera, Putin ; Remote control ; Aerial combat -- Dramatis personæ.
Summary: "A highly original narrative history by The Economist's Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in The Age of Ambition. The end of communism and breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of euphoria around the world, but Russia today is violently anti-American and dangerously nationalistic. So how did we go from the promise of those heady days to the autocratic police state of Putin's new Russia? The Invention of Russia is a breathtakingly ambitious book that reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of the fight for the soul of a nation. With the deep insight only possible of a native son, Arkady Ostrovsky introduces us to the propagandists, oligarchs and fixers who have set Russia's course since the collapse of the Soviet Union, inventing a new and more ominous identity for a country where ideas are all too often wielded like a cudgel"--PRovided by publisher.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 338 DK 510.76 O85in 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000121152

Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-355) and index.

Prologue: A silent procession --
I. In the beginning was the word. Fathers and sons ; New beginning or dead end ; "We suffered a victory" ; Kommersant or the birth of Russian capitalism ; Loss --
II. "Image is everything". Normal television in abnormal circumstances ; The oligarchs' war ; Lights, camera, Putin ; Remote control ; Aerial combat --
Dramatis personæ.

"A highly original narrative history by The Economist's Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in The Age of Ambition. The end of communism and breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of euphoria around the world, but Russia today is violently anti-American and dangerously nationalistic. So how did we go from the promise of those heady days to the autocratic police state of Putin's new Russia? The Invention of Russia is a breathtakingly ambitious book that reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of the fight for the soul of a nation. With the deep insight only possible of a native son, Arkady Ostrovsky introduces us to the propagandists, oligarchs and fixers who have set Russia's course since the collapse of the Soviet Union, inventing a new and more ominous identity for a country where ideas are all too often wielded like a cudgel"--PRovided by publisher.

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