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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Keeble
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By:
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Philip Short
"In a deep, resonant voice, Jonathan Keeble gives a splendid narration of this long and well-researched biography of Vladimir Putin."- AudioFile Magazine
This program is read by award-winning actor Jonathan Keeble.
The first comprehensive, fully up-to-date biography of Vladimir Putin, woven into the tumultuous saga of Russia over the last sixty years
Vladimir Putin is the world’s most dangerous man. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbors, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. His regime is autocratic and deeply corrupt. But that is only half the story.
Unflinching, hard-hitting, and objective, Philip Short’s biography gives us the whole tale, up to the present day. To the fullest extent anyone has yet been able, Short cracks open the strongman’s thick carapace to reveal the man underneath those bare-chested horseback rides. In this deeply researched account, listeners meet the Putin who slept in the same room as his parents until he was twenty-five years old, who backed out of his wedding right beforehand, and who learned English in order to be able to talk to George W. Bush.
Vladimir Putin is wreaking havoc in Europe, threatening global peace and stability and exposing his fellow citizens to devastating economic countermeasures. Yet puzzlingly many Russians continue to support him. This audiobook is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand the many facets of the man behind the mask that Putin wears on the world stage.
Putin will be the last word for years to come.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company.
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An excellent and objective biography.
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Very informative close to reality
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The book is a great biography of Putin, which is missing its final chapter. However, with everything going on in the world now, it offers a view into his thinking and the feelings of some Russians of his generation. From stories about his childhood to his days in the KGB and eventually into the Russian political administration, the book has a natural transition. It is filled with many stories of conversations amongst world leaders and provides a unique insight into Russian view of major world events since the end of the Cold War.
Book is a must read, provides a balanced view to a very complex man.
Must listen, especially in current times
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Very timely
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More than thorough
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Exceptionally Researched
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Wow, what a book!
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The author does well avoiding most opportunities for open bias throughout discussion of Putin's youth and rise to power. But the closer the narrative got to the present, the more biases began popping in. On topics of Covid and the Ukraine, among others, the author injects his bias in favor of the neo-liberal establishment's position. if he could have left that out it would have been an even more improvessive work.
Well done with one flaw
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A very timely biography!
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High level Putin
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