Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia

ISBN-13: 9781524760601 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 384 str.

Joshua Yaffa

Recenzje

A wonderfully insightful book . . . It is to Mr Yaffa s credit that in general he avoids simplifying. Even when he describes people who seek cynical advantage from the powerful, the picture is never completely dark; when he portrays moral heroes, he never presents them as infallible. That is how things are in life, perhaps nowhere more so than in Russia. The Economist

A deeply reported account of what it's like to live in Putin's Russia, but it's not about Twitter bots or influencing foreign elections or even Vladimir Putin himself. . . . Yaffa gives us insight into Putin by helping us better understand the political culture that produced him. NPR
 
Superb . . . [An] excellent new book. . . . Yaffa has distinguished himself with his rigor, his acumen, and his nuanced voice. . . . His in-depth reporting consistently allows him to move beyond the headlines, revealing the deeper historical and sociological patterns that underpin that notoriously contradictory country. Foreign Affairs

Yaffa skilfully weaves together perceptive descriptions of flesh-and-blood people with a balanced evocation of the wider political and historical context. Yaffa has a good eye for colourful detail . . . and he proves attentive to the subtleties and ambiguities of Russian life. Tony Wood, Financial Times

A fascinating and nuanced account that illuminates the myriad conflicting and often contradictory forces that have shaped the Russia of today. Douglas Smith, The Wall Street Journal

[A] highly original and riveting account . . . Good and not-so-good men and women are forced to make difficult choices and Joshua Yaffa s remarkable book is a guide to the pain and pleasure of their lives in the public arena. Robert Service, Foreign Policy

Deeply reported and detailed . . . A fascinating exploration into the beliefs and psyches of Russians in many different career fields who reveal their souls to Yaffa, often to a surprising degree but with little apparent fear of reprisal. San Francisco Chronicle

Between Two Fires stands a rank above most publications of its genre because of its effective shoe-leather reporting. Not content with analyzing media coverage or online debates, Yaffa has sought out and interviewed both his central characters and their friends, enemies, and former supporters. Greg Afinogenov, Bookforum

Between Two Fires is a study of compromise, opportunism, and the fraught moral choices available in Putin s Russia. Anne Applebaum, author of Red Famine and Gulag

In Between Two Fires, Joshua Yaffa brilliantly captures the complex choices and compromises that Russians make to survive, thrive, or remain true to their principles in Putin s Russia. Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia and author of From Cold War to Hot Peace

O autorze

Joshua Yaffa is a correspondent for The New Yorker in Moscow. For his work in Russia, he has been named a fellow at New America, a recipient of the American Academy s Berlin Prize, and a finalist for the Livingston Award.