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Download or read book Russian Spring written by Norman Spinrad and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2013-05-27 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the near future, the debt-laden U.S. owns a technology that renders it "the world's best-defended Third World country." The only real outer-space planning is in Common Europe, so young American "space cadet" Jerry Reed goes to work in Paris. He falls in love with and marries Soviet career bureaucrat Sonya Gagarin and the story jumps ahead 20 years, blending world events with a focus on their family. Sonya's star has risen with the Euro-Russians' while Jerry has been stymied by pervasive anti-Americanism. Daughter Franja has her father's space fever and enrolls in a Russian space school; son Bob, fiercely curious about an earlier, admired America before it was run by xenophobic "Gringos," enters Berkeley. Ten years later the U.S. is a pariah, Euro-Russia the pet of the civilized world and the Reeds scattered - politics forced Jerry and Sonya's divorce, Franja speaks only to her mother and Bob is trapped in "Festung Amerika." A series of odd, occasionally tragic events brings the family (and the world) together. Despite some tech-talk this is not science fiction: the first two-thirds of this hefty book is chillingly logical, if sometimes very funny, and while the "happy" ending may seem forced, Spinrad ( Bug Jack Barron ) gives us a wild, exhilarating ride into the next century.
Book Synopsis Khrushchev and the First Russian Spring by : Fedor Burlat︠s︡kiĭ
Download or read book Khrushchev and the First Russian Spring written by Fedor Burlat︠s︡kiĭ and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The road to glastnost and perestroika began with Nikita Khrushchev. It was his 1956 "secret speech" to the Twentieth Party Congress that, for the first time, publicly acknowledged the horrors of Stalinism and sparked the dismantling of the stultifying Stalin regime. One of Khrushchev's closest advisors has now written the true story of his rule. 12 pages of halftones.
Book Synopsis The Beginning of Spring by : Penelope Fitzgerald
Download or read book The Beginning of Spring written by Penelope Fitzgerald and published by HMH. This book was released on 1998-09-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man Booker Prize Finalist: This “marvelous novel” about an abandoned husband, set in Moscow a century ago, is “bristling with wry comedy” (Newsday). March 1913. Moscow is stirring herself to meet the beginning of spring. English painter Frank Reid returns from work one night to find that his wife has gone away; no one knows where or why, or whether she’ll ever come back. All Frank knows for sure is that he is now alone and must find someone to care for his three young children. Into Frank’s life comes Lisa Ivanovna, a quiet, calming beauty from the country, untroubled to the point of seeming simple. But is she? And why has Frank’s bookkeeper, Selwyn Crane, gone to such lengths to bring these two together? From a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, this novel, with a new introduction by Andrew Miller, author of Pure, is filled with “writing so precise and lilting it can make you shiver” (Los Angeles Times). “Fitzgerald was the author of several slim, perfect novels. The Blue Flower and The Beginning of Spring both had me abuzz for days the first time I read them. She was curiously perfect.” —Teju Cole, author of Open City
Book Synopsis Becha Pycckar by : William Sutherland
Download or read book Becha Pycckar written by William Sutherland and published by Trafford. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BECHA PYCCKAR - RUSSIAN SPRING is a gripping, unconventional, historical novel. It is told from a Russian point of view that depicts the struggles of every day Russian life in 2014. With a dose of Russian history and politics to add, BECHA PYCCKAR is also controversial. The main character is Natalya Kalinina, a KGB agent who becomes involved in the clandestine "Russian for a New Revolution" (RNR movement aimed at liberating Russia from colonial rule. At the same time, as the RNR movement pursue its objectives of ending the West's hold on Russia which includes intervening in Hawaii to rescue that State Governor's daughter from the U.S. Military, Natalya finds herself falling in love with an American Moscow-based CIA agent. With Russia experiencing one of the worst winters in decades with little food and fuel and many Russians dying, the country faces the specter of civil war when the Governor of Russia's karelian Republic and the Commander of Russian troops based there stage a take over of Western-run facilities. Suddenly global events take a life of their own. The world approaches the brink of nuclear Armageddon. Decisions must be made by Natalya Kalinina and her American boyfriend. They must decide where loyalties lie as their countries become further estranged with Washington plotting a Kremlin coup. Will they compromise their principles to accommodate their romance or have their relationship torn apart? And ultimately will Russia and the world survive?
Book Synopsis Fighting the Russians in Winter: Three Case Studies by : A. F. Chew
Download or read book Fighting the Russians in Winter: Three Case Studies written by A. F. Chew and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1981 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Russia Before and After Crimea by : Pal Kolsto
Download or read book Russia Before and After Crimea written by Pal Kolsto and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 brought East - West relations to a low. But, by selling the annexation in starkly nationalist terms to grassroots nationalists, Putin's popularity reached record heights. This volume examines the interactions and tensions between state and societal nationalisms before and after the annexation.
Book Synopsis Through Times of Trouble by : Anna Matveeva
Download or read book Through Times of Trouble written by Anna Matveeva and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of insurgency in Ukraine’s Donbas region from the perspective of the rebels, who sought and continue to seek either independence from Ukraine or unification with Russia. As such, it provides a unique insight into their thinking and motivations, which need to be understood if the conflict is to be resolved. Those making and remaking the conflict are placed in the centre of the story which uses the words of the combatants themselves. It shows how volunteer fighters, driven by a wide and diffuse set of motivations, emerged from Ukraine, Russia, and different parts of the world, stood at the rebellion's heart. The book focuses on the participants’ own voices and personalities, drawing extensively on first-hand research and interviews. Rather than rendering Ukraine a chess piece on the geopolitical board, the rebellion shows that ordinary people, rather than elites, can act as a decisive force. Donbas says something about why large numbers of people make the decision to take part in a collective violent action, when material rewards are low or non-existent, and mortal risks high. It stands as an important text on the study of modern insurgencies, revealing how violent conflicts happen via issues of politicized identity and involvement of non-state actors. This book places this conflict into the context of other conflicts worldwide and demonstrates how ideas and narratives are constructed to provide meaning to a struggle. The insurgency has produced a conflict sub-culture, rich with symbolism, narrative, and communications, made possible by the digital age and a social media-savvy population. These beliefs and ideas have had the power to pull people from different parts of the world. This book follows the stages of assembling different conflict ingredients together, and the rebellion’s zigzagging fortunes after it became apparent that Moscow was not going to repeat the Crimea scenario in Donbas. It analyses the logic of armed struggle and the tactics deployed by warring parties. The book also sheds light on the developments in Moscow, discusses the phenomenon of the Russian Spring movement and concludes with the prospects for a peaceful solution.
Book Synopsis Russian Realities by : John Henry Hubback
Download or read book Russian Realities written by John Henry Hubback and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Russia’s New Ground Forces by : Igor Sutyagin
Download or read book Russia’s New Ground Forces written by Igor Sutyagin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Whitehall Paper provides an in-depth analysis of Russia’s Ground Forces, including airborne and naval troops. It examines their role in Russian foreign policy, reforms to units’ equipment and operational roles, performance during combat operations against Ukraine, and current unit deployment locations and purposes in the Central, Southern and Western Military Districts. Russia perceives itself as operating from a position of weakness and surrounded by superior NATO forces. It is pursuing a programme of military reform, both in terms of equipment and structures. The Russian Ground Forces are being geared towards fighting in aggressive, short, sharp and complex operations into enemy territory, as well as being streamlined to increase readiness levels and deployability at short notice. However, operations against Ukraine have required force generation efforts from almost every Russian Ground Forces formation, including those in the Far East, which is evidence that the Kremlin’s ability to sustain even a moderate tempo of operations in the medium term is limited. Furthermore, chronic undermanning and morale issues remain, which will be exacerbated by the political decision to re-establish division-scale formations. In addition, Western sanctions and Russia’s difficult economic situation are severely hampering efforts to extend equipment reforms across the whole force. Russian Ground Forces should not be seen by the West as an unstoppable colossus. However, the West must not ignore the unmistakable Russian efforts to prepare for offensive, high-tempo operations against NATO, and the formidable political will that will use them if given the opportunity.
Book Synopsis Russia and the Idea of the West by : Robert D. English
Download or read book Russia and the Idea of the West written by Robert D. English and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most analyses of the Cold War's end the ideological aspects of Gorbachev's "new thinking" are treated largely as incidental to the broader considerations of power. English demonstrates that Gorbachev's foreign policy was the result of an intellectual revolution. He analyzes the rise of a liberal policy-academic elite and its impact on the Cold War's end.
Book Synopsis Buried Treasures of California by : W. C. Jameson
Download or read book Buried Treasures of California written by W. C. Jameson and published by august house. This book was released on 1995 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects legends of buried treasure in California, including the lost San Miguel treasure, the canyon of lost gold, and the lost Dutch Oven mine.
Book Synopsis A Survey of Soviet Russian Agriculture by : Lazar Volin
Download or read book A Survey of Soviet Russian Agriculture written by Lazar Volin and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New Russian Nationalism by : Kolsto Pal Kolsto
Download or read book New Russian Nationalism written by Kolsto Pal Kolsto and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian nationalism, previously dominated by 'imperial' tendencies - pride in a large, strong and multi-ethnic state able to project its influence abroad - is increasingly focused on ethnic issues. In 2014, Russia's annexation of Crimea and the subsequent violent conflict in Eastern Ukraine utterly transformed the nationalist discourse in Russia. This book provides an up-to-date survey of Russian nationalism as a political, social and intellectual phenomenon by leading Western and Russian experts in the field of nationalism studies. It includes case studies on migrantophobia; the relationship between nationalism and religion; nationalism in the media; nationalism and national identity in economic policy; nationalism in the strategy of the Putin regime as well as a survey-based study of nationalism in public opinion.
Book Synopsis The Return of the Russian Leviathan by : Sergei Medvedev
Download or read book The Return of the Russian Leviathan written by Sergei Medvedev and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Pushkin House Book Prize Russia’s relationship with its neighbours and with the West has worsened dramatically in recent years. Under Vladimir Putin’s leadership, the country has annexed Crimea, begun a war in Eastern Ukraine, used chemical weapons on the streets of the UK and created an army of Internet trolls to meddle in the US presidential elections. How should we understand this apparent relapse into aggressive imperialism and militarism? In this book, Sergei Medvedev argues that this new wave of Russian nationalism is the result of mentalities that have long been embedded within the Russian psyche. Whereas in the West, the turbulent social changes of the 1960s and a rising awareness of the legacy of colonialism have modernized attitudes, Russia has been stymied by an enduring sense of superiority over its neighbours alongside a painful nostalgia for empire. It is this infantilized and irrational worldview that Putin and others have exploited, as seen most clearly in Russia’s recent foreign policy decisions, including the annexation of Crimea. This sharp and insightful book, full of irony and humour, shows how the archaic forces of imperial revanchism have been brought back to life, shaking Russian society and threatening the outside world. It will be of great interest to anyone trying to understand the forces shaping Russian politics and society today. Also available as an audiobook.
Book Synopsis Public Perception of International Crises by : Dmitry Chernobrov
Download or read book Public Perception of International Crises written by Dmitry Chernobrov and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award from the Mershon Center for International Security How do people make sense of distant but disturbing international events? Why are some representations more appealing than others? What do they mean for the perceiver’s own sense of self? Going beyond conventional analysis of political perception and imagining at the level of accuracy, this book reveals how self-conceptions are unconsciously, but centrally present in our judgments and representations of international crises.Combining international relations and psychosocial studies, Dmitry Chernobrov shows how the imagining of international politics is shaped by the need for positive and continuous societal self-concepts. The book captures evidence of self-affirming political imagining in how the general public in the West and in Russia understood the Arab uprisings (also known as the Arab Spring) and makes an argument both about and beyond this particular case. The book will appeal to those interested in international crises, political psychology, media and audiences, perception and political imagining, ontological security, identity and emotion, and collective memory.
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Book Synopsis Agricultural Wage Stabilization in World War II by : Arthur Julius Holmaas
Download or read book Agricultural Wage Stabilization in World War II written by Arthur Julius Holmaas and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
