Petrostate : Putin, power, and the new Russia / Marshall I. Goldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldman, Marshall I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-.

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

Energy policy--Russia (Federation).

Energy policy.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the aftermath of the financial collapse of August 1998, it looked as if Russia's day as a superpower had come and gone. That it should recover and reassert itself after less than a decade is nothing short of an economic and political miracle. Based on extensive research, including several interviews with Vladimir Putin, this revealing book chronicles Russia's dramatic reemergence on the world stage, illuminating the key reason for its rebirth: the use of its ever-expanding energy wealth to reassert its traditional great power ambitions. In his deft, informative narrative, Marshall Goldman t

Contents:

Introduction : Russia, once again an energy superpower

Russia as an early energy superpower

World War II to 1987 : Russia looks inward and outward

Pirates unleashed : privatization in the post-Soviet era

Post-1998 recovery : the petroleum export bonanza

Putin takes over : the return of the czar

Natural gas : Russia's new secret weapon

Russia : the unrestrained super energy power.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-34231-9

9786611342319

0-19-971257-3

OCLC:

437094018