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House of Trump, house of Putin : the untold story of Donald Trump and the Russian mafia / Craig Unger.

Van Pelt Library E913.3 .U54 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Unger, Craig, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Trump, Donald, 1946-.
Trump, Donald.
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-.
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich.
Organized crime--Russia (Federation).
Organized crime.
Politics and government.
Political corruption.
History.
Russia (Federation).
Political corruption--United States--History--21st century.
Presidents--United States--Election.
Presidents.
United States.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
United States--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).
International relations.
Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--United States.
Physical Description:
354 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Untold story of Donald Trump and the Russian mafia
Place of Publication:
New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018]
Summary:
The story begins in the 1970s, when Donald Trump made his first splash in the booming, money-drenched world of New York real estate, and ends with Trump's inauguration as president of the United States. That moment was the culmination of Vladimir Putin's long mission to undermine Western democracy, a mission that he and his hand-selected group of oligarchs and Mafia kingpins had ensnared Trump in more than twenty years ago with the massive bailout of Trump hotel and casino failures in Atlantic City. And when the Cold War ended in 1991, Trump's apartments offered the perfect vehicle for billions of dollars to leave the collapsing Soviet Union. Journalist Craig Unger traces the deep-rooted alliance between high echelon American political operatives and the biggest players in the frightening underworld of the Russian Mafia. He traces Trump's ascent from foundering real estate tycoon to leader of the free world. He traces Russia's phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the post-Cold War Soviet Union as well as its ceaseless covert efforts to retaliate against the West and reclaim its status as a global superpower. Without Trump, Russia would have lacked a key component in its attempts to return to imperial greatness. Without Russia, Trump would not be president.
Contents:
(Virtual) World War III
Trump's beautiful laundrette
Married to the mob
Brighton Beach
Honey trap
Gangster's paradise
The billionaire boys' club
Mogilevich's big move
Turn of the screw
The money pipelines
Easy prey
International man of mystery
Bayrock
Moth, flame
Putin's revenge
Blood money
War by other means
The battle is joined
Back channels
Endgame
Trump's fifty-nine Russia connections.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-338) and index.
ISBN:
9781524743505
152474350X
OCLC:
1043342267

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