This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer to the autocratic leader of Russia and reveals the American missteps that paved his way there.Vladimir Putin is the bogeyman of our time. In Americans’ collective imagination, he’s a devious political mastermind who constantly plots to destabilize America and spread Russian power around the globe. But how did an undistinguished KGB officer luck into the job of lifetime and become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? How much of Putin’s tough-guy image is based on spin?In Accidental Czar, Andrew Weiss, former White House and State Department Russia expert, and Brian “Box” Brown dispel the self-serving myth of Putin as the larger than life puppet master who controls every string. The only thing Putin is truly a master of is getting inside our heads. And it’s time to stop making it so easy for him to.
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Optimizing Stormwater Treatment Practices: A Handbook of Assessment and Maintenance provides the information necessary for developing and operating an effective maintenance program for stormwater trea
The Caspian region has a wealth of crude oil and natural gas. Turkey aspires to be a key player in transporting oil and gas from the Caspian area to world markets. This hope is challenged by commercia
