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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Interesting but not exactly juicy. Gave me a much better idea of what was happening in Russia between 1990 - 2012. It’s surprising that Putin’s regime lasted another ten years and now has invaded Ukraine. ( ) Journalist Masha Gessen shares an enlightening and well-researched examination of Putin and his rise to power. True, the narrative occasionally gets stuck in the geopolitical and biographical weeds. But it could be argued that delving into such weeds is required in order to better understand this enigmatic character. My only disappointment is that I had previously been exposed to some of the book’s key findings and themes in the weeks following Putin’s attack on Ukraine. “The Man Without a Face” is important, timely — and unsettling. Early in his Presidency, and after meeting personally with Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush felt he had developed a good relationship, and thought Putin to be a good man he could work with. Bush was quoted as saying he looked into Putin's eyes, and was able to get a sense of his soul. President Bush apparently had a very different look at Putin's soul than did Masha Gessen. Gessen's book, "The Man Without a Face", gives quite an opposite view of Putin than Bush's initial gut-feel. Gessen, a Russian journalist, presents a number of reasons why we should not be comfortable with Putin. She documents numerous tales of corruption, and how he rules as an autocrat, how opponents are stifled or eliminated, and how he amassed quite a fortune for himself as Russian President. I imagine this does very well with Democrats who honestly believe that Russian hackers are the primary reason HRC didn't win the presidency. I have no doubt that Gessen has suffered tremendously, as have most Russians, but since I learned almost nothing from this book other than how some (U.S. style liberal, well-off, well-educated) Russians feel about Putin, I'm in the odd position of being angry with her. This book is not about Putin at all; it's a few New Yorkerish essays strung together with the intent to make you very happy you don't live in Russia (indeed, I am happy about that), but will also leave you wondering why on earth so many people support that state's current government. It's fine entertainment-journalism, but I was looking for history.
Gessen's clear, brave book makes a strong case that Putin is not merely turning a blind eye to embezzlement and skimming. He is, she asserts, an arch-practitioner.
This is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. Handpicked by the "family" surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin seemed like a perfect choice for the oligarchy to shape according to its own designs. Suddenly the boy who had stood in the shadows was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even as he seized control of media, sent political rivals and critics into exile or to the grave, and smashed the country's fragile electoral system, concentrating power in the hands of his cronies. As a journalist living in Moscow, Masha Gessen experienced this history firsthand, and she has drawn on sources no other writer has tapped.--From publisher description. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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