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Beria

Stalin's First Lieutenant

by Amy Knight ...

This is the first comprehensive biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. Yet because his political opponents expunged his name from public memory after his dramatic arrest and execution in 1953, ... Read more

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This is the first comprehensive biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. Yet because his political opponents expunged his name from public memory after his dramatic arrest and execution in 1953,
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The Kremlin's Noose

Putin's Bitter Feud with the Oligarch Who Made Him Ruler of Russia

by Amy Knight ...

Series series NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
In The Kremlin's Noose Amy Knight tells the riveting story of Vladimir Putin and the oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who forged a relationship in the early years of the Yeltsin era. Berezovsky later played a crucial role in Putin's rise to the Russian presidency in March 2000. When Putin began dismantling Boris Yeltsin's democratic reforms, Berezovsky came into conflict with the new Russian leader by ... Read more

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In The Kremlin's Noose Amy Knight tells the riveting story of Vladimir Putin and the oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who forged a relationship in the early years of the Yeltsin era. Berezovsky later played a crucial role in Putin's rise to the Russian presidency in March 2000. When Putin began dismantling Boris Yeltsin's democratic reforms, Berezovsky came into conflict with the new Russian leader by
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Spies without Cloaks

The KGB's Successors

by Amy Knight ...

This book offers a compelling and comprehensive account of what happened to the KGB when the Soviet Union collapsed and the world's most powerful and dangerous secret police organization was uncloaked. As Amy Knight shows, the KGB was renamed and reorganized several times after it was officially disbanded in December 1991--but it was not reformed. Knight's rich and lively narrative begins with the ... Read more

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This book offers a compelling and comprehensive account of what happened to the KGB when the Soviet Union collapsed and the world's most powerful and dangerous secret police organization was uncloaked. As Amy Knight shows, the KGB was renamed and reorganized several times after it was officially disbanded in December 1991--but it was not reformed. Knight's rich and lively narrative begins with the
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Orders to Kill

The Putin Regime and Political Murder

by Amy Knight ...

A KGB scholar examines dozens of Putin's victims to expose a campaign of political murder that even includes the Boston Marathon terror attack.Russia is no stranger to political murder, from the tsars to the Soviets to the Putin regime, during which many journalists, activists and political opponents have been killed. Kremlin defenders insist there is no proof of these crimes. Since Putin controls ... Read more

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A KGB scholar examines dozens of Putin's victims to expose a campaign of political murder that even includes the Boston Marathon terror attack.Russia is no stranger to political murder, from the tsars to the Soviets to the Putin regime, during which many journalists, activists and political opponents have been killed. Kremlin defenders insist there is no proof of these crimes. Since Putin controls
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The Moscow Bombings of September 1999

Examinations of Russian Terrorist Attacks at the Onset of Vladimir Putin`s Rule.

by Andreas Umland, John B Dunlop ...

Series Book 110 - Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
The five chapters contained in this volume focus on the complex and tumultuous events occurring in Russia during the five months from May through September 1999. They sparked the Russian invasion of Chechnya on 1 October and vaulted a previously unknown former KGB agent into the post of Russian prime minister and, ultimately, president. The five chapters are devoted to: • The intense political ... Read more

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The five chapters contained in this volume focus on the complex and tumultuous events occurring in Russia during the five months from May through September 1999. They sparked the Russian invasion of Chechnya on 1 October and vaulted a previously unknown former KGB agent into the post of Russian prime minister and, ultimately, president. The five chapters are devoted to: • The intense political
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The Kremlin’s Noose

Putin’s Bitter Feud with the Oligarch Who Made Him Ruler of Russia

by Amy Knight ...

Narrated by Holly Adams ...

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In The Kremlin's Noose Amy Knight tells the riveting story of Vladimir Putin and the oligarch Boris Berezovsky. When Putin began dismantling Boris Yeltsin's democratic reforms, Berezovsky came into conflict with the new Russian leader by reproaching him publicly. Their relationship quickly disintegrated into a bitter feud played out against the backdrop of billion-dollar financial deals, Kremlin ... Read more

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In The Kremlin's Noose Amy Knight tells the riveting story of Vladimir Putin and the oligarch Boris Berezovsky. When Putin began dismantling Boris Yeltsin's democratic reforms, Berezovsky came into conflict with the new Russian leader by reproaching him publicly. Their relationship quickly disintegrated into a bitter feud played out against the backdrop of billion-dollar financial deals, Kremlin
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How to Talk to a Science Denier

Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason

by Lee McIntyre ...

A necessary communication guide for the “fake news” era—with practical advice, strategies, and scripts for engaging in productive political discourse with the misinformed.Flat earthers, anti-vaxxers, climate change disbelievers . . . Can we change the minds of science deniers?“Climate change is a hoax—and so is coronavirus.” “Vaccines are bad for you.” These days, many of our fellow citizens ... Read more

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A necessary communication guide for the “fake news” era—with practical advice, strategies, and scripts for engaging in productive political discourse with the misinformed.Flat earthers, anti-vaxxers, climate change disbelievers . . . Can we change the minds of science deniers?“Climate change is a hoax—and so is coronavirus.” “Vaccines are bad for you.” These days, many of our fellow citizens
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The Spoils of War

Power, Profit and the American War Machine

by Andrew Cockburn ...

Why does the United States go to war? A leading Harper’s commentator on U.S. foreign affairs offers a withering exposé of runaway military spending and the profit-driven U.S. war machine.America has a long tradition of justifying war as the defense of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the West from the dangers of Islamists. The US soldiers stationed in over 800 locations across the ... Read more

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Why does the United States go to war? A leading Harper’s commentator on U.S. foreign affairs offers a withering exposé of runaway military spending and the profit-driven U.S. war machine.America has a long tradition of justifying war as the defense of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the West from the dangers of Islamists. The US soldiers stationed in over 800 locations across the
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Capitalism and Freedom

by Milton Friedman ...

One of the most significant works of economic theory ever written, from the "outstanding [and] unfailingly enlightening" Milton Friedman ( Newsweek).One of Time magazine's All-Time 100 Best Nonfiction BooksOne of Times Literary Supplement's 100 Most Influential Books Since the WarOne of National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the CenturyOne of Intercollegiate Studies Institute's 50 Best ... Read more

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One of the most significant works of economic theory ever written, from the "outstanding [and] unfailingly enlightening" Milton Friedman ( Newsweek).One of Time magazine's All-Time 100 Best Nonfiction BooksOne of Times Literary Supplement's 100 Most Influential Books Since the WarOne of National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the CenturyOne of Intercollegiate Studies Institute's 50 Best
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How to Survive in Ancient Greece

by Robert Garland ...

What would it be like if you were transported back to Athens 420 BCE? This time-traveler's guide is a fascinating way to find out . . .Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Greece and you had to start a new life there. What would you see? How would the people around you think and believe? How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? What work would be available, ... Read more

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What would it be like if you were transported back to Athens 420 BCE? This time-traveler's guide is a fascinating way to find out . . .Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Greece and you had to start a new life there. What would you see? How would the people around you think and believe? How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? What work would be available,
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How to Survive in Ancient Rome

by L. J. Trafford ...

What you'd need to know if you time-traveled to Ancient Rome—from local customs to clothing to religion to housing to food.Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Rome and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair done? Who would you go to if you got ill, or if you were mugged in the street ... Read more

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What you'd need to know if you time-traveled to Ancient Rome—from local customs to clothing to religion to housing to food.Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Rome and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair done? Who would you go to if you got ill, or if you were mugged in the street
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The Misinformation Age

How False Beliefs Spread

by Cailin O'Connor, James Owen Weatherall ...

"Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy." — Kirkus ReviewsEditors' choice, The New York Times Book ReviewRecommended reading, Scientific AmericanWhy should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequenc... ... Read more

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"Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy." — Kirkus ReviewsEditors' choice, The New York Times Book ReviewRecommended reading, Scientific AmericanWhy should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequenc...
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