The following is a brief excerpt from a review posted on PopandPolitics.com:This is a story about a boss. A strong boss. The kind of boss that could bring stability to a land that has only flirted with normalcy throughout its long and storied history. This is a story about one such man and his people who apathetically traded in democracy for a chance at normal life.
Those who have studied Russia/The Soviet Union know full well just how dysfunctional its society can be. Whether it was the tsars/czars or the communists, Russian people often didn't know what or who was going to be in charge. If there has been one characteristic of the Russian people, it has been a desire for somebody to take control and give them the stability that has eluded them for far too many years.
“Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution,” by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, former Moscow bureau chiefs for the Washington Post, is a blow by blow account of how a former KGB agent rose from mediocrity to become President of the newly democratic Russia -- only to cancel democracy and become a quasi-dictator. It is also a neat account of how the people of Russia have gone along with this rollback of democracy, which in many ways highlights the psycho-social dynamics of the folks who populate the former Soviet Empire. (More)
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