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Putin and the Return of History
- How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War.
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet communism, the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would henceforth be the dominant, ultimately unique, system of governance – a hubris that shaped how the West would treat Russia for the next two decades. But history wasn’t over.
Putin is a paradox. In the early years of his presidency, he appeared to commit himself to friendship with the West, suggesting that Russia could join the European Union or even NATO. He said he supported free-market democracy and civil rights. But the Putin of those years is unrecognisable today. The Putin of the 2020s is an autocratic nationalist, dedicated to repression at home and anti-Western militarism abroad. So, what happened? Was he lying when he proclaimed his support for freedom, democracy and friendship with the West? Or, was he sincere? Did he change his views at some stage between then and now? And if that is the case, what happened to change him?
Putin and the Return of History examines these questions in the context of Russia’s thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin’s politics of aggression: the enduring terror of encirclement by outsiders, the subjugation of the individual to the cause of the state, the collectivist values that allow the sacrifice of human lives in battle, the willingness to lie and deceive, the co-opting of religion and the belief in Great Russia’s mission to change the world.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-03-24
The rise of autocracy in the world. The hate Putin has for the west.
Very heavy on history and difficult to link the theme of Putin view will the western way of life
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- Scott Sibbald
- 14-04-24
The more I read the more I wanted!
I really enjoyed this book. It was clear and brought the past of Putin together with names I have known but not understood the connection. Great narrator with the only president Bush accent a little tiresome.. otherwise 10/10.
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