Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain

By James F. Collins

Book Overview

A fifth edition of this book is now available.

The second edition Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain is completely updated and expanded to provide the most current and complete review of Russia under President Vladimir Putin available. New chapters include analysis of Putin's government during both headline news events like the Kursk disaster as well as foundation issues such as health and agriculture. Previous chapters have been updated and expanded to include events through 2003. This well-written and clearly organized text is required reading for anyone wanting to understand Russia today.

Contributions by: Timothy J. Colton, Dale R. Herspring, Jacob W. Kipp, Boris Lanin, Masha Lipman, Michael McFaul, James R. Millar, Nikolai Petrov, David E. Powell, Thomas F. Remington, Peter Rutland, Darrell Slider, and Stephen K. Wegren.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742530051
• ISBN13: 9780742530058
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 1.1" x 5.9"