{"product_id":"9781786070418","title":"Who Lost Russia?: How the World Entered a New Cold War","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Balanced and timely … a smooth narrative that provides welcome context for Russia’s recent revanchist behavior and insight into prospects for ongoing U.S.-Russian relations.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e—★\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (Starred Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Meticulously lays out the record, from Mikhail Gorbachev to Vladimir Putin... A cold-eyed examination of recent Russian history that seems to show that there was never a solid plan to integrate Russia into the West.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Soviet Union collapsed on December 26, 1991, it looked like the start of a remarkable new era of peace and co-operation. Some even dared to declare the end of history, assuming all countries would converge on enlightenment values and liberal democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing could be further from the truth. Russia emerged from the 1990s battered and humiliated; the parallels with Weimar Germany are striking. Goaded on by a triumphalist West, a new Russia has emerged, with a large arsenal of upgraded weapons, conventional and nuclear, determined to reassert its national interests in the ‘near abroad’ — Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine — as well as fighting a proxy war in the Middle East. Meanwhile, NATO is executing large-scale maneuvers and stockpiling weaponry close to Russia’s border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative new work, Peter Conradi argues that we have consistently failed to understand Russia and its motives and, in doing so, have made a powerful enemy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ONEWorld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042865365232,"sku":"9781786070418","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786070418_p0.jpg?v=1763729082","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786070418","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}