Ebook: Petrostate: Putin, power, and the new Russia

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.;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.