@article{737680,
      recid = {737680},
      author = {Myers, Steven Lee.},
      title = {The new tsar : the rise and reign of Vladimir Putin /},
      pages = {x, 572 pages :},
      note = {"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.},
      abstract = {"The epic tale of the rise to power of Russia's current  president--of his emergence from shrouded obscurity and  deprivation to become one of the most consequential and  complicated leaders in modern history. Former New York  Times Moscow bureau chief Steven Lee Myers has followed  Vladimir Putin's path for many years, and gives us the  fullest, most absorbing account we have of his rise to  power. This gripping narrative elucidates a cool and  calculating man with enormous ambition and few scruples. We  see Putin, a former KGB agent, come to office in 2000 as a  reformer, cutting taxes, expanding property rights,  bringing a measure of order and eventual prosperity to  millions whose only experience of democracy in the early  years following the Soviet collapse was instability,  poverty, and criminality. But Myers makes clear how Putin  then orchestrated a new authoritarianism, consolidating  power, reasserting the country's might, brutally crushing  revolts, and swiftly dispatching dissenters, even as he  retained--and continues to retain--the support of many. As  the world struggles to confront a newly assertive Russia,  the importance of understanding Putin has never been  greater. This keenly insightful, riveting book provides an  essential key to that understanding"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/737680},
}