Bibliograph

The man without a face, the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin, Masha Gessen

Type

Label

The man without a face, the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin, Masha Gessen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-335) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The man without a face

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

834610310

Responsibility statement

Masha Gessen

Sub title

the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin

Summary

"In 1999, the "Family" surrounding Boris Yeltsin went looking for a successor to the ailing and increasingly unpopular president. Vladimir Putin, with very little governmental or administrative experience--he'd been deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, and briefly, director of the secret police--nevertheless seemed the perfect choice: a "faceless" creature whom Yeltsin and his cronies could mold in their own image. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see in him the progressive leader of their dreams--even as Putin, with ruthless efficiency, dismantled the country's media, wrested control and wealth from the business class, and destroyed the fragile mechanisms of democracy. Within a few brief years, virtually every obstacle to his unbridled control was removed and every opposing voice silenced, with political rivals and critics driven into exile or to the grave"--Back cover

Target audience

adult

Classification