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Among Dawisha's (Walter E. Havighurst Professor of Political Science, Miami Univ.; coauthor, Russia and the New States of Eurasia) many contributions to our understanding of post-Soviet politics, this book may be the most significant, as the author combines an analysis of such politics and a biography of Russian president Vladimir Putin in unrivaled detail. Putin's story begins with his work in the KGB, and, in the early 1990s, as deputy to St. Petersburg's mayor. Soviet collapse occasioned Putin with remarkable opportunities for the a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More