The Invention of Russia
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The Invention of Russia by Arkady Ostrovsky
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZEWINNER OF THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
"Fast-paced and excellently written...much needed, dispassionate and eminently readable." --New York Times
"Filled with sparkling prose and deep analysis." -The Wall Street Journal
The breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of optimism around the world, but Russia today is actively involved in subversive information warfare, manipulating the media to destabilize its enemies. How did a country that embraced freedom and market reform 25 years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with America? A winner of the Orwell Prize, The Invention of Russia reaches back to the darkest days of the cold war to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled counter revolution.
A highly regarded Moscow correspondent for the Economist, Arkady Ostrovsky comes to this story both as a participant and a foreign correspondent. His knowledge of many of the key players allows him to explain the phenomenon of Valdimir Putin - his rise and astonishing longevity, his use of hybrid warfare and the alarming crescendo of his military interventions. One of Putin's first acts was to reverse Gorbachev's decision to end media censorship and Ostrovsky argues that the Russian media has done more to shape the fate of the country than its politicians. Putin pioneered a new form of demagogic populism --oblivious to facts and aggressively nationalistic - that has now been embraced by Donald Trump.
Arkady Ostrovsky is a Russian-born journalist who has worked in Moscow for the past fifteen years, first for the Financial Times and subsequently as bureau director for The Economist. He earned his Ph.D. after studying Russian theater history in Moscow. Cambridge University offers a master's degree in English literature. Tom Stoppard's trilogy The Coast of Utopia, which he translated, was published and produced in Russia. Morning Edition, CNN, the BBC, and Sky News have all featured him. The Creation of Russia was named a Financial Times Book of the Year and awarded the Orwell Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780399564161 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399564160 |
| Title | The Invention of Russia |
| Author | Arkady Ostrovsky |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2016-06-07 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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