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European History. By Tracing The History Of Modern Russia From Mikhail Gorbachev To The Rise Of Ex Kgb Agent Vladimir Putin, Arkady Ostrovsky Reveals How The Soviet Union Came To Its End And How Russia Has Since Reinvented Itself. Russia Today Bears Little Resemblance To The Country That Embraced Freedom In The Late Eighties And Gave Freedom To Others. But How Did A Country That Had Liberated Itself From Seventy Years Of Communism End Up, Just Twenty Years Later, As One Of The Biggest Threats To The West And Above All To Its Own People? The Invention Of Russia Tells The Story Of This Tumultuous Period, Including The Important Role Played By The Media, And Shows How Russia Turned Its Back On The West And Found Itself Embracing A New Era Of Soviet-style Rule. Pt. I. First Was The Word -- 1. The Soviet Princes -- 2. New Beginning Or Dead End -- 3. 'we Suffered A Victory' -- 4. Fathers And Sons -- Pt. Ii. 'image Is Everything' -- 5. Normal Television In Abnormal Circumstances -- 6. Lights, Camera, Putin -- 7. Remote Control. Arkady Ostrovsky. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 349-367) And Index. The definitive and award-winning history of Vladimir Putin's rise to power following the collapse of the Soviet Union, by The Economist's Russia editor. 'Fast-paced and excellently written' New York Times 'A real insiders' story of Russia's post-Soviet "counter-revolution" - an important and timely book.' Anne Applebaum WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE How did a country that embraced freedom over twenty-five years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with the West? In this Orwell Prize-winning book, Arkady Ostrovsky reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled post-Soviet transformation. Ostrovsky's knowledge of many of the key players allows him to explain the rise of Vladimir Putin and to reveal how he pioneered a new form of demagogic populism. In a new preface he examines Putin's influence on the US election and explores how his methods - weaponizing the media and serving up fake news - came to enter Western politics. "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

Vince Cable's bestselling book, The Storm, explored and explained the causes of the 2008 world economic crisis and how Britain should respond to the great challenges it brought. In After the Storm, Cable, who was Business Secretary in the 2010-2015 Coalition Government, provides a unique perspective on the state of the global financial markets and how the British economy has fared since 2008. Providing a previously unreported inside view of the Coalition, After the Storm offers a carefully considered perspective on how the British economy should be managed over the next decade and beyond. This timely book is a fascinating and urgent intervention from one of the key figures in British politics of the past two decades.