From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Inside Story of Russia and America

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From one of America s leading scholars of Russia who served as U.S ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration, a revelatory, inside account of U.S Russia relations from 1989 to the presentIn 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join an unlikely presidential campaign, he had no idea that he would find himself at the beating heart of one of today s most contentious and consequential international relationships As President Barack Obama s adviser on Russian affairs, McFaul helped craft the United States policy known as reset that fostered new and unprecedented collaboration between the two countries And then, as U.S ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, he had a front row seat when this fleeting, hopeful moment crumbled with Vladimir Putin s return to the presidency This riveting inside account combines history and memoir to tell the full story of U.S Russia relations from the fall of the Soviet Union to the new rise of the hostile, paranoid Russian president From the first days of McFaul s ambassadorship, the Kremlin actively sought to discredit and undermine him, hassling him with tactics that included dispatching protesters to his front gates, slandering him on state media, and tightly surveilling him, his staff, and his family From Cold War to Hot Peaceis an essential account of the most consequential global confrontation of our time. Best Download From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Inside Story of Russia and America [ by ] Michael McFaul [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Putin and Putinism were not predetermined Innate, structural forces did not produce Putin Yeltsin selected Putin as his successor The Russian people merely ratified Yeltsin s choice Putin did not rise to power through a groundswell of popular support for his leadership style or political program He did not plot a path to the Kremlin over the course of decades He had never participated as a candidate in an election until he ran for president in March 2000 He was simply in the right place Putin and Putinism were not predetermined Innate, structural forces did not produce Putin Yeltsin selected Putin as his successor The Russian people merely ratified Yeltsin s choice Putin did not rise to power through a groundswell of popular support for his leadership style or political program He did not plot a path to the Kremlin over the course of decades He had never participated as a candidate in an election until he ran for president in March 2000 He was simply in the right place at the right time Boris Yeltsin had other choices In fact, he had a wonderful choice of a successor in Boris Nemtsov, a man who reminded him of his own youthful enthusiasm Nemtsov would have led Russia into embracing aEuropean ident...I guess one doesn t get to be ambassador to a nation important to our security concerns by being a shrinking violet McFaul clearly is not that Right from the start he admits that he sometimes mixed his academic concerns with activism He thought the moment for the Russia s transition to democracy was at hand, and he not only wanted to witness it, he wanted to midwife.My biggest objection to this over long memoir of McFaul s time studying serving as U.S government apparatchik in Russia I guess one doesn t get to be ambassador to a nation important to our security concerns by being a shrinking violet McFaul clearly is not that Right from the start he admits that he sometimes mixed his academic concerns with activism He thought the moment for the Russia s transition to democracy was at hand, and he not only wanted to witness it, he wanted to midwife.My biggest objection to this over long memoir of McFaul s time studying serving as U.S government apparatchik in Russia is that I didn t learn anything We hear beaucoup details of the results of McFaul s tweets, meetings with dissidents, official meetings, but nothing stood out as...Former Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has chosen a crucial moment in our relationship with Moscow to write his part memoir, narrative history, and analysis of what has transpired over the last twenty five years between the United States and Russia Today, it appears that relations between the two countries deteriorates each day as Russian President Vladimir Putin pursues his agenda, and President Donald Trump does nothing about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election Former Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has chosen a crucial moment in our relat...You won t need me for a summary of this book Goodreads provides a sufficient overview of its basic contents Instead, I ll give my general thoughts For someone like myself whoever that might be , I find this memoir invaluable Even though I work as office staff in a political science department at a university, my main interest in taking onreading of political material of late has muchto do with just being an average citizen Feeling very confused about what the hell has been You won t need me for a summary of this book Goodreads provides a sufficient overview of its basic contents Instead, I ll give my general thoughts For someone like myself whoever t...This is a great perspective on U.S interest involvement in Russian democracy Chronicles individual Americans role in the fall of the Soviet Union brief flirtation with Russian democracy and the authoritarian rise of Putin Spotlights the failure of the United States in funding a peace in Russia by supporting its economic reforms after the end of the Cold War A mistake that has had long term consequences An evaluation of our Russian foreign policy is very important considering what has This is a great perspective on U.S interest involvement in Russian democracy Chronicles individual Americans role in the fall of the Soviet Union brief flirtation with Russian democracy and the authoritarian rise of Putin Spotlights the failure of the United States in funding a peace in Russia by supporting its economic reforms after the end ...Disclaimer I am a Stanford University alumnus and have heard Ambassador McFaul speak as a panelist with other Hoover Institution stalwarts like Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama and James Mattis on several occasions McFaul writes fondly about his undergraduate days and teaching career in Palo Alto a sentiment which admittedly resounds favourably with me Nevertheless, I will attempt to compose an objective, unbiased review.It is tempting to question McFaul s qualifications as Ambassador to Disclaimer I am a Stanford University alumnus and have heard Ambassador McFaul speak as a panelist with other Hoover Institution stalwarts like Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama and James Mattis on several occasions McFaul writes fondly about his undergraduate days and teaching career in Palo Alto a sentiment which admittedly resounds favourably with me Nevertheless, I will attempt to compose an objective, unbiased review.It is tempting to question McFaul s qualifications as Ambassador to Russia Although he had stu...3.5 starsThis is a hard book for me to review It is well written, albeit it somewhat overly chatty at times for my tastes , and I confess to skimming quite a bit of the first half where the author discusses his younger back history and how his life led him to Russia and eventually into Obama s administration and ambassador to Russia It took quite a while to get to that point, and my main interest in reading this was learningabout Putin and Russia under Putin By the time the book got to 3.5 starsThis is a hard book for me to review It is well written, albeit it somewhat overly chatty at times for my tastes , and I confess to skimming quite a bit of the first half where the author discusses his younger back history and how his life led him to Russia and eventually into Obama s administration and ambassador to Russia It took quite a while to get to that point, and my main interest in reading this was learningabout Pu...I ve been meaning to read this The latest garbage with Trump and Putin just reminded me to add it here.I bought this book originally because at the time of its publication, Vladimir Putin had just suggested that Trump send McFaul over to Russia to be interrogated and Trump didn t immediately denounce this outrageous and frightening idea I thought buying the book would be a good way to express solidarity with McFaul, but I didn t necessarily think I d read a lot of it I did read it through, though...I m disappointed That s it.

From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Inside Story of Russia and America
  • 17 October 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 496 pages
  • 0544716248
  • Michael McFaul
  • From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Inside Story of Russia and America