Using extensive materials from both published and private sources, this concise text focuses on U.S./Soviet diplomacy to explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War. The thesis allows for use of anecdote and quotation to exemplify the policies.

Using extensive materials from both published and private sources, this concise text focuses on U.S./Soviet diplomacy to explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War. The thesis allows for use of anecdote and quotation to exemplify the policies.

Hailed as "the most dramatic and comprehensive account" of the early years of Russian capitalism (New York Times Book Review) David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light onto the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these cunning and ruthless men--Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly Ch...(展开全部)

This is an updated edition of 'the most dramatic and comprehensive account' of the early years of Russian capitalism, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Dead Hand". "The New York Times". David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, exposes the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these cunning and ...(展开全部)

戴维•霍夫曼（David E. Hoffman），美国作家、记者。1982年加入《华盛顿邮报》，在里根及老布什的任期内报道白宫新闻，包括美苏首脑峰会；随后负责国外新闻，1992年出任耶路撒冷记者站站长；于牛津大学学习俄语后派驻俄罗斯，1995年至2001年间出任《华盛顿邮报》莫斯科记者站站长；现为《华盛顿邮报》特约编辑。 2002年出版第一本书《寡头：新俄罗斯的财富与权力》，被誉为终结这一主题的里程碑之作；2010年出版的《死亡之手：超级大国冷战军备竞赛及苏联解体后的核生化武器失控危局》获美国普利策非虚构作品奖。

戴维•霍夫曼（David E. Hoffman），美国作家、记者。1982年加入《华盛顿邮报》，在里根及老布什的任期内报道白宫新闻，包括美苏首脑峰会；随后负责国外新闻，1992年出任耶路撒冷记者站站长；于牛津大学学习俄语后派驻俄罗斯，1995年至2001年间出任《华盛顿邮报》莫斯科记者站站长；现为《华盛顿邮报》特约编辑。 2002年出版第一本书《寡头：新俄罗斯的财富与权力》，被誉为终结这一主题的里程碑之作；2010年出版的《死亡之手：超级大国冷战军备竞赛及苏联解体后的核生化武器失控危局》获美国普利策非虚构作品奖。

This is an updated edition of 'the most dramatic and comprehensive account' of the early years of Russian capitalism, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Dead Hand". "The New York Times". David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, exposes the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these cunning and ...(展开全部)

Hailed as "the most dramatic and comprehensive account" of the early years of Russian capitalism (New York Times Book Review) David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light onto the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these cunning and ruthless men--Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly Ch...(展开全部)