{"product_id":"putins-world-angela-stent-9781455533022","title":"Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent comes a dissection of how Putin created a paranoid and polarized world -- and increased Russia's status on the global stage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHow did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because Putin is a brilliant strategist? Or has Russia stepped into a vacuum created by the West's distraction with its own domestic problems and US ambivalence about whether it still wants to act as a superpower? \u003ci\u003ePutin's World\u003c\/i\u003e examines the country's turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions -- and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the USSR collapsed.\u003cbr\u003eThis book looks at Russia's key relationships -- its downward spiral with the United States, Europe, and NATO; its ties to China, Japan, the Middle East; and with its neighbors, particularly the fraught relationship with Ukraine. \u003ci\u003ePutin's World\u003c\/i\u003e will help Americans understand how and why the post-Cold War era has given way to a new, more dangerous world, one in which Russia poses a challenge to the United States in every corner of the globe -- and one in which Russia has become a toxic and divisive subject in US politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Stent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1455533025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781455533022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twelve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Angela Stent","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048519430399,"sku":"9781455533022","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30824ce3-6911-4f51-9ef9-6f18e122753e.jpg?v=1684996239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/putins-world-angela-stent-9781455533022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}