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The long hangover : Putin's new Russia and the ghosts of the past / Shaun Walker.
In The long hangover, Shaun Walker provides a deeply reported, bottom-up explanation of Putin's aggressive foreign policy and his support among Russians.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780190659240 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: vii, 278 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- Russia (Federation) > History. Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991- |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Lakeshore Branch | 947.0862 Wal | 31681010274231 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Examines Vladimir Putin's attempt to energize Russian nationalism by a focus on Russia's victory in World War II and a revision of the dark history of the Soviert regime and its abuses and the effect that this approach has had for ordinary Russians. - Baker & Taylor
"The Long Hangover is a new insight into contemporary Russia told through the country's troubled relationship with its Soviet past. The psychological burden of the Soviet collapse, and the attempts to marshal history in the service of a new national identity, help explain the newly resurgent Russia and the war in Ukraine."-- - Oxford University Press
In The Long Hangover, Shaun Walker presents a deeply reported, bottom-up explanation of Russia's resurgence under Putin. By cleverly exploiting the memory of the Soviet victory over fascism in World War II, Putin's regime has made ordinary Russians feel that their country is great again. Walker not only explains Putin's goals and the government's official manipulations of history, but also focuses on ordinary Russians and their motivations. He charts how Putin raised victory in WWII to the status of a national founding myth in the search for a unifying force to heal a divided country, and shows how dangerous the ramifications of this have been. This book explores why Russia, unlike Germany, has failed to come to terms with the darkest pages of its past: Stalin's purges, the Gulag, and the war deportations. The narrative roams from the corridors of the Kremlin to the wilds of the Gulags and the trenches of East Ukraine. It puts the annexation of Crimea and the newly assertive Russia in the context of the delayed fallout of the Soviet collapse. The Long Hangover looks to a lost generation: the millions of Russians who lost their country and the subsequent attempts to restore to them a sense of purpose. - Oxford University Press
The Long Hangover reveals a lost generation: the millions of Russians who lost their country and the subsequent attempts to restore to them a sense of purpose. Now in paperback with a revised preface, this book presents deep analysis and vibrant reportage, exploring the legacy of the Soviet collapse and how it has affected both life in Russia and Putin's policies.
