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The return : Russia's journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev / Daniel Treisman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: New York : Free Press, 2011.Edition: 1st Free Press edDescription: xi, 523 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781416560715
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 947.086 22
LOC classification:
  • JN 6695  T787r 2011
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Contents:
The captain -- The natural -- Unreasonable doubt -- The understudy -- The unraveling -- The transformation -- The logic of politics -- The mountains -- Falling apart -- The Russia that has returned.
Summary: Drawing on two decades of research, Treisman analyzes the paradoxes in Russian politics and society, illuminating why the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. wasn't more violent, the repercussions of the Chechen wars, the "sacred place" vodka holds in the Russian imagination (and its pernicious effect on Russia's demographics), and how, 20 years after the fall of communism, relations between Russia and the U.S. remain so frosty. Yet as Treisman convincingly argues, most of the world's international problems--nuclear proliferation, Islamic terrorism, global warming--will be difficult to solve without Russia's help.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JN 6695 T787r 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000101283

Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-490) and index.

The captain -- The natural -- Unreasonable doubt -- The understudy -- The unraveling -- The transformation -- The logic of politics -- The mountains -- Falling apart -- The Russia that has returned.

Drawing on two decades of research, Treisman analyzes the paradoxes in Russian politics and society, illuminating why the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. wasn't more violent, the repercussions of the Chechen wars, the "sacred place" vodka holds in the Russian imagination (and its pernicious effect on Russia's demographics), and how, 20 years after the fall of communism, relations between Russia and the U.S. remain so frosty. Yet as Treisman convincingly argues, most of the world's international problems--nuclear proliferation, Islamic terrorism, global warming--will be difficult to solve without Russia's help.

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