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**A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**
'Anyone wanting to learn more about Putin's personality, ideas, power...should read this outstanding biography' Ian Kershaw, author of Personality and Power
This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what is happening in Ukraine today.
Vladimir Putin has the…
Why read it?
1 author picked Putin as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Russo-Ukrainian war is Putin’s war. Putin took the decision to invade Ukraine. He is the one who will decide how far the Russian army penetrates into Ukraine and how and when the war will end.
To understand the war’s causes, course, and consequences, we need to get inside Putin’s head. Philip Short’s is by far the best Putin biography. What impressed me most was Short’s dedication to avoiding stereotypes and telling Putin’s amazing story as truthfully as he could.
From Geoffrey's list on The best books on the history of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
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