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Roland99

(53,345 posts) Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:57 PM Jun 2020

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Anyone have recommendations for a good biography of Putin?

One covering his KGB/FSB days and his nationalist/expansionist ambitions?

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Anyone have recommendations for a good biography of Putin? (Original Post) Roland99 Jun 2020 OP

recs in this article NRaleighLiberal Jun 2020 #1

Fiona Hill wrote one: tblue37 Jun 2020 #2

BTW, Fiona Hill's book is included in the WaPo article like need in post #1. tblue37 Jun 2020 #3

I saw Masha Gessen on Rachel Maddow once, she was amazing! FM123 Jun 2020 #4

Yes, she IS good! BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #5

Yes, I agree. That would be the best! FM123 Jun 2020 #7

Art of the Deal? SeattleVet Jun 2020 #6

Well done. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2020 #8

Ha! Roland99 Jun 2020 #10

Thanks, everyone Roland99 Jun 2020 #9

Yeah, not much is known about him. Neoma Jun 2020 #11

I started with some PBS Frontline documentaries but wanna dig in deeper Roland99 Jun 2020 #12

It's hard to know a person if they control the narrative. Neoma Jun 2020 #13

NRaleighLiberal

(60,503 posts)

1. recs in this article

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 11:08 PM

Jun 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-books-that-best-explain-putin-and-his-russia/2017/07/14/8f48d87c-6809-11e7-9928-22d00a47778f_story.html

tblue37

(66,035 posts)

2. Fiona Hill wrote one:

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 11:13 PM

Jun 2020

https://books.google.com/books?id=B78qr4JjYzoC

(I have not read it, though I will sometime this year.)

tblue37

(66,035 posts)

3. BTW, Fiona Hill's book is included in the WaPo article like need in post #1.

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 11:16 PM

Jun 2020

Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin

FM123

(10,126 posts)

4. I saw Masha Gessen on Rachel Maddow once, she was amazing!

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 11:28 PM

Jun 2020

This is the book she wrote about Putin:

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Without-Face-Unlikely-Vladimir/dp/1594486514

BigmanPigman

(52,259 posts)

5. Yes, she IS good!

Reply to FM123 (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 12:34 AM

Jun 2020

I am waiting for the biography on Putin where the last chapter is about his sudden and permanent disappearance from the face of the earth. I'd like to see that fly off the bookshelves in the very near future.

FM123

(10,126 posts)

7. Yes, I agree. That would be the best!

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 08:52 AM

Jun 2020

SeattleVet

(5,590 posts)

6. Art of the Deal?

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 12:51 AM

Jun 2020

eppur_se_muova

(37,407 posts)

8. Well done. nt

Reply to SeattleVet (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 09:08 AM

Jun 2020

Roland99

(53,345 posts)

10. Ha!

Reply to SeattleVet (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 09:50 AM

Jun 2020

Roland99

(53,345 posts)

9. Thanks, everyone

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 09:50 AM

Jun 2020

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

11. Yeah, not much is known about him.

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 12:29 PM

Jun 2020

The Man Without a Face by Masha Gessen is the one that my Russian history teacher recommended to me.

Roland99

(53,345 posts)

12. I started with some PBS Frontline documentaries but wanna dig in deeper

Reply to Neoma (Reply #11)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:18 PM

Jun 2020

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

13. It's hard to know a person if they control the narrative.

Reply to Roland99 (Reply #12)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:58 PM

Jun 2020

He does control the narrative, everything put out there is basically what he chose to put out there. His KBG days are something people will continue to puzzle over probably for all of history, unless documents come to light somehow.

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