[PDF] Tsar Of Freedom eBook

Author : Edvard Radzinsky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2006-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0743284267

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Profiles the Romanov Dynasty tsar as one of Russia's most forward-thinking rulers, documenting his efforts to redefine history by bringing freedom to his country, and describing the series of assassination attempts that eventually ended his life.

Author : Timothy Snyder
Publisher : Crown
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0525574476

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America. “A brilliant analysis of our time.”—Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy seemed final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced. Authoritarianism returned to Russia, as Vladimir Putin found fascist ideas that could be used to justify rule by the wealthy. In the 2010s, it has spread from east to west, aided by Russian warfare in Ukraine and cyberwar in Europe and the United States. Russia found allies among nationalists, oligarchs, and radicals everywhere, and its drive to dissolve Western institutions, states, and values found resonance within the West itself. The rise of populism, the British vote against the EU, and the election of Donald Trump were all Russian goals, but their achievement reveals the vulnerability of Western societies. In this forceful and unsparing work of contemporary history, based on vast research as well as personal reporting, Snyder goes beyond the headlines to expose the true nature of the threat to democracy and law. To understand the challenge is to see, and perhaps renew, the fundamental political virtues offered by tradition and demanded by the future. By revealing the stark choices before us--between equality or oligarchy, individuality or totality, truth and falsehood--Snyder restores our understanding of the basis of our way of life, offering a way forward in a time of terrible uncertainty.

Author : Paul W. Werth
Publisher :
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 30,42 MB
Release : 2014-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0199591776

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Explores the scope and character of religious freedom for Russia's diverse non-Orthodox religions during the tzarist regime.

Author : Arkady Ostrovsky
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 28,45 MB
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0399564187

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WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD FINALIST FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR “Fast-paced and excellently written…much needed, dispassionate and eminently readable.” —New York Times “Filled with sparkling prose and deep analysis.” –The Wall Street Journal The breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of optimism around the world, but Russia today is actively involved in subversive information warfare, manipulating the media to destabilize its enemies. How did a country that embraced freedom and market reform 25 years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with America? A winner of the Orwell Prize, The Invention of Russia reaches back to the darkest days of the cold war to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled counter revolution. A highly regarded Moscow correspondent for the Economist, Arkady Ostrovsky comes to this story both as a participant and a foreign correspondent. His knowledge of many of the key players allows him to explain the phenomenon of Valdimir Putin - his rise and astonishing longevity, his use of hybrid warfare and the alarming crescendo of his military interventions. One of Putin's first acts was to reverse Gorbachev's decision to end media censorship and Ostrovsky argues that the Russian media has done more to shape the fate of the country than its politicians. Putin pioneered a new form of demagogic populism --oblivious to facts and aggressively nationalistic - that has now been embraced by Donald Trump.

Author : Andrew Williams
Publisher :
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 35,8 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, British
ISBN : 9781445855073

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From glittering ballrooms To The cruel cells of the House of Preliminary Detention, from the British Embassy To The undergroundpresses of the revolutionaries, 'To Kill a Tsar' is a gripping thriller set in a world of brutal contrasts.

Author : Charles King
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release : 2008-02-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0195177754

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" ... The first general history of the modern Caucasus, stretching from the beginning of Russian imperial expansion up to rise of new countries after the Soviet Union's collapse."--Cover.