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A fascinating study of the motivations behind the political activities and philosophies of Putin's government in Russia
"Part intellectual history, part portrait gallery . . . Black Wind, White Snow traces the background to Putin's ideas with verve and clarity."-Geoffrey Hosking, Financial Times
"Required reading. This is a vivid, panoramic…
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So much of what Russia and its leaders say about their own country and its place in history makes no sense to the rest of the world. And as a result, I routinely get asked whether the fantasies that Russia creates for itself are genuine beliefs or just convenient fictions to excuse the Kremlin’s attacks against other countries or its own people.
Charles Clover, a former Financial Times correspondent in Moscow, charted how a particular strand of deranged nationalism took hold of Russia’s rulers – laying the groundwork for the war on Ukraine. This book helps understand not only the…
From Keir's list on The best books explaining why Russia is the way it is.
Clover offers an extremely thorough account of the specific sources of Dugin’s ideology (“neo-Eurasianism”). See also Nicholas Goodricke-Clarke, Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity, for a comprehensive survey of the various kinds of 20th-century lunacy kept alive in our own day by an influential maniac like Dugin.
From Ronald's list on The best books on the intellectuals of the contemporary far right.
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