Overview
"This elegantly written book is an incisive chronicle of contemporary Russian history. . . . Leon Aron has the firsthand observerās keen eye for the twists of fate and the skilled analystās deep knowledge of the interplay of events that brought Putin to, and then well-beyond, the point of no return."
āFiona Hill, distinguished senior fellow, Brookings Institution; senior director for European and Russian affairs, National Security Council
In Riding the Tiger: Vladimir Putinās Russia and the Uses of War, Leon Aron, an acclaimed Russian studies scholar, American Enterprise Institute senior fellow, and Moscow native who was sanctioned by President Vladimir Putinās regime, chronicles the transformation of Russian politics and society under Putin. Through hundreds of Russian-language sources, Aron shows how Putin uses militarist propaganda and sanitized revisionist images of World War II, Stalin, and the Soviet Union to forge a nationalist and loyal core of his regimeās support.
And the ānew Russiaā suddenly looks a lot like the old USSR.
Dr. Aronās bold, expert analysis of Russian political culture helps us better understand Russiaās revanchist tendencies, its invasion of Ukraine, and the perilous road ahead. Aron argues that Putinās actions are driven by the Russian presidentās need to ensure his regimeās survival, avenge the fall of the Soviet Union, combat the āAmerica-led West,ā and make Russia a superpower again. Putin is now stuck in a vast and savage war that he can neither win nor walk away from. He hopes America and its allies undergo āUkraine fatigue,ā but what if he decides he cannot outwait the West? Aron concludes the book with a detailed scenario of another war in which Putin would bring Russia and the US to the brink of nuclear conflict to scare the West into a āsettlementā in Ukraine.
This book title, Riding the Tiger (Vladimir Putin's Russia and the Uses of War), ISBN: 9780844750545, by Leon Aron, published by AEI Press (October 24, 2023) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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