Misha Glenny
Autor/a de McMafia: Crime without Frontiers
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Misha Glenny
The Rise of the Iron Men 5 exemplars
HIRE THE HACKERS 1 exemplars
Balkan 1804-1999 1-2 1 exemplars
HISTORIA E BALLKANIT 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Glenny, Misha
- Data de naixement
- 1958-04-25
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Llocs de residència
- London, England, UK
- Educació
- University of Bristol
Charles University, Prague
Magdalen College School - Professions
- correspondent
author - Relacions
- Glenny, Michael (father)
- Premis i honors
- Sony Award
- Agent
- Clare Conville (Conville & Walsh Limited)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Crime (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 18
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 2,680
- Popularitat
- #9,583
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 43
- ISBN
- 119
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 3
Along the way we also meet law enforcement agencies who are chasing down criminals but don't cooperate, intelligence agencies utilizing same criminals for their own purposes, police officers blocked by bureaucracy and forced to act on their own [as they say in some cases it is better to ask forgiveness than permission] and security people that get chased down by their own agencies because you cannot trust anyone on the net and rumor can put the person in prison in no time.
Very interesting chapters linked to Turkey were a little bit down-played by the author. Considering entire schizophrenia and complete paranoia that rules the Internet [and especially shady parts of network] it is sometimes very difficult to discern lies and outright fantasies from the actual facts. And then I guess it is better to keep tone down.
Some readers said that writing style was condescending and/or long-winded. I did not have that experience. Everything presented is not given from the expert point of view. Misha Glenny is investigative journalist and it shows [in a good way], he knows a lot about a lot of things but does not use buzz words to let everyone know how smart he is. He lets experts speak through interviews and builds his story from there while making materiel understandable and available to everyone.
Highly recommended to all interested in current politics, crime-fighting and in general how technology changes our lives in not always good ways.… (més)