Summary
"The epic tale of the rise to power of Russia's current president--of his emergence from shrouded obscurity and deprivation to become one of the most consequential and complicated leaders in modern history. Former New York Times Moscow bureau chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Vladimir Putin's path... Full description
- Part one. Homo sovieticus ; A warm heart, a cool head and clean hands ; The devoted officer of a dying empire ; Democracy faces a hungry winter
- Part two. The spies come in from the cold ; Mismanaged democracy ; An unexpected path to power ; Swimming in the same river twice ; Kompromat ; In the outhouse
- Part three. Becoming Portugal ; Putin's soul ; The gods slept on their heads ; Annus horribilis ; The orange contagion ; Kremlin, inc. ; Poison ; The 2008 problem
- Part four. The regency ; Action man ; The return
- Part five. The restoration ; Alone on Olympus ; Putingrad ; Our Russia.