Bibliograph

From Cold War to hot peace, an American ambassador in Putin's Russia, Michael McFaul

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From Cold War to hot peace, an American ambassador in Putin's Russia, Michael McFaul

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-483) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From Cold War to hot peace

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

994598511

Responsibility statement

Michael McFaul

Sub title

an American ambassador in Putin's Russia

Summary

A former ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration describes how the progress made between the two countries was destroyed when Vladimir Putin returned to power and recounts how the Kremlin actively sought to discredit and undermine him

Table Of Contents

REVOLUTION -- The first reset -- Democrats of the world, unite! -- Yeltsin's partial revolution -- Putin's thermidor -- RESET -- Change we can believe in -- Launching the reset -- Universal values -- The first (and last) Moscow Summit -- New START -- Denying Iran the bomb -- Hard accounts: Russia's neighborhood and missile defense -- Burgers and spies -- The Arab Spring, Libya, and the beginning of the end of the reset -- Becoming "His Excellency" -- REACTION -- Putin needs an enemy: America, Obama, and me -- Getting physical -- Pushback -- Twitter and the two-step -- It takes two to tango -- Chasing Russians, failing Syrians -- Dueling on human rights -- Going home -- Annexation and war in Ukraine -- The end of resets (for now) -- Epilogue: Trump and Putin

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