{"product_id":"9781610397391","title":"All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I read this book in one night, truly a page-turner. It leaves a profoundly scary impression: [Putin's court is the] real \u003ci\u003eHouse of Cards\u003c\/i\u003e.\" —Lev Lurie, writer and historian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Kremlin's Men\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. The image of Putin as a strongman is dissolved. In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted—if not controlled—by the men who at once advise and deceive him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe regional governors and bureaucratic leaders are immovable objects, far more powerful in their fiefdoms than the president himself. So are the gatekeepers-those officials who guard the pathways to power-on whom Putin depends as much as they rely on him. The tenuous edifice is filled with all of the intrigue and plotting of a Medici court, as enemies of the state are invented and wars begun to justify personal gains, internal rivalries, or one faction's biased advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in Russia, \u003ci\u003eAll the Kremlin's Men\u003c\/i\u003e is a shocking revisionist portrait of the Putin era and a dazzling reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers running riot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041821606128,"sku":"9781610397391","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781610397391_p0.jpg?v=1763843161","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781610397391","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}