"I read this book in one night, truly a page-turner. It leaves a profoundly scary impression: Putin's court is the] real House of Cards." --Lev Lurie, writer and historianAll the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. The image of Putin as a strongman is dissolved. In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted--if not controlled--by the men who at once advise...
"I read this book in one night, truly a page-turner. It leaves a profoundly scary impression: Putin's court is the] real House of Cards." -...
On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union begins its countdown: "ten, nine, eight, seven . . . ". From the steppes of Kazakhstan, the first human in history - the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - launches into space. In that moment, another countdown begins. Who could have imagined that just three decades - a single generation - would separate the USSR's crowning achievement from the collapse of the Soviet empire? In The Dark Side of the Earth, legendary dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar tells the inside story of one of history's most epochal transitions. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of...
On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union begins its countdown: "ten, nine, eight, seven . . . ". From the steppes of Kazakhstan, the first human in history...
