The Oligarchs - Wealth And Power In The New Russia (Paperback, 2nd edition)


In this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men-- Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly Chubais, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky, and Vladimir Gusinsky--Hoffman shows how a rapacious, unruly capitalism was born out of the ashes of Soviet communism.

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In this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men-- Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly Chubais, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky, and Vladimir Gusinsky--Hoffman shows how a rapacious, unruly capitalism was born out of the ashes of Soviet communism.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

PublicAffairs,U.S.

Country of origin

United States

Release date

September 2011

Availability

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

First published

September 2011

Authors

Dimensions

210 x 140 x 41mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

575

Edition

2nd edition

ISBN-13

978-1-61039-070-5

Barcode

9781610390705

Categories

LSN

1-61039-070-9



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