An electrifying and timely book; by leading Russian expert Richard Lourie; that explores Putin's failures and whether Trump's election gives Putin extraordinarily dangerous opportunities in our mad new world."A master chronicler of modern Russia. Drawing on his own expertise; Lourie paints a convincing portrait of a ruthless authoritarian leader headed toward failure. This book serves as an essential primer on Putin and; by extension; Russia."―Publishers WeeklyFor reasons that are made clear in this book; Putin’s Russia will collapse just as Imperial Russia did in 1917 and as Soviet Russia did in 1991. The only questions are when; how violently; and with how much peril for the world. The U.S. election complicates everything; including:· Putin’s next land grab· Exploitations of the Arctic· Cyber-espionage· Putin and China…and many more crucial topics.Putin: His Downfall and Russia's Coming Crash is an essential read for everybody bewildered and dismayed by the new world order.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A brilliant history of the tragic fate of Germany's JewsBy A Frenchy in NYCElon's book is truly fantastic. Entertaining; packed with information; anecdotes and written with a wonderful style; the book retraces the doomed history of the Jews from Germany from Mendelssohn to Hitler. Written through biographies of its most significant figures (Mendelssohn; Heine; Rathenau; Rahel Levin; Kraus; etc.); it is both illuminating and tragic and its title couldn't have better translated the feeling of waste and tragedy of what could have been.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. eye openingBy Elena BohannanI would have liked to learn world history in World History class; but instead we memorized dates of battles; and names of generals and politicians. If; as students in public schools; we hadn't had to spend all of our time on rote memorization of non-worthwhile factoids; we might have been able to read books by actual historians who had researched the past. Imagine; there were women and men who weren't in the ruling classes; who did stuff and had stuff happen to them that actually profoundly influenced how our current societies were formed. I really appreciate the research that went into this book; and am glad that I came across it. The writing itself is clear; and flows; so the reading itself is aesthetically pleasing.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent bookBy Dorothea C.As a person with German Jewish ancestors; I really enjoyed this history. It is quite readable and a compelling account.
