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Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped Hardcover – October 27, 2015

by Garry Kasparov (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs; 1st edition (October 27, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1610396200
  • ISBN-13: 978-1610396202
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsExplaining Why Vladimir Putin Is an Ever Present Danger
By John Kwok HALL OF FAME on October 28, 2015
Format: Hardcover
It would be easy to dismiss “Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped” as a polemical attack upon Vladimir Putin, but Garry Kasparov, with the assistance of Mig Greengard, has written a most thoughtful account on the history of Russian politics since the rapid decline and fall of the Soviet Union; a cautionary tale explaining how the democratic aspirations of the Russian people were derailed by uninspired leadership from Boris Yeltsin, the unlikely succession and subsequent consolidation of power by his successor Vladimir Putin, and the West’s inability in promoting democracy during Yeltin’s rule, and then, in turning a blind eye to Putin’s revival of a one-party dictatorship. “Winter Is Coming” should be viewed as required reading by politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen throughout the Free World who think we should maintain “normal” diplomatic and commercial ties with Putin’s dictatorial Russian regime. What makes “Winter Is Coming” especially compelling is in recognizing it as a notable historical overview of Russian politics in the last quarter century seen personally through the eyes of Kasparov, a notable Russian democrat and critic of Putin’s kleptocratic dictatorship. A notable critic who recognized immediately, the seismic shifts in Russian politics months, even years, before many Western diplomats, historians and political scientists. (For example, he predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union months before it occurred, offering a realistic assessment of current Soviet politics which eluded American foreign policy experts, including the likes of Brent Scowcroft and Condoleeza Rice.)

Kasparov offers us a far more realistic appraisal of Putin than historian Stephen F.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAppeasement allowed Putin to become the bloody dictator he is today.
By Paul Tognetti TOP 500 REVIEWER on November 18, 2015
Format: Hardcover
“In my first years as an activist I often said that Putin was a Russian problem for Russians to solve, but that he would soon be a regional problem and then a global problem if his ambitions were ignored. This regrettable transformation has come to pass and lives are being lost because of it. It is cold comfort to be told ‘You were right!’. It is even less comforting when so little is being done to halt Putin’s aggression even now. What is the point of saying you should have listened and acted when you still aren’t listening and acting?” -- from Introduction to “Winter is Coming”

According to author Garry Kasparov Western appeasers with names like Bush, Merkel, Major, Chirac, Obama, Schroder, Berlusconi, Sarkozy and the International Olympic Committee have been playing ball with Russian President Vladimir Putin for 15 years now. During the term of his predecessor Boris Yeltsin there had been a short window of opportunity to introduce democratic reforms to Russia and Yeltsin’s efforts met with limited success. Unfortunately, aided and abetted by the aforementioned Western leaders Vladimir Putin has reversed course since 2000 and has fashioned a KGB police state with far-reaching consequences for his own country and for the rest of humanity. Kasparov lays out precisely how we got here from there in his hard-hitting new book “Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World must be Stopped”. This is easily one of the most important books I have read in 2015.

When the Berlin Wall came tumbling down on November 9, 1989 it appeared to be a powerful symbol that evil had finally been defeated. Yet the reality was that Communism did not disappear when the Wall fell. There were still a billion people around the globe living under Communist rule.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Real Education for Me in the Ways of a Tyrant
By David B. Peterson on October 29, 2015
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Superbly written account of how Russia got to where it is today by a dedicated and famous dissident who has been in the middle of it for a long time. All of this has pretty much been glossed over in the US media in my view. It is truly scary to contemplate what has actually been happening there. Many brave souls have been in the fight to maintain some level of democracy but have unfortunately received little assistance from the West. Some have died for their efforts. It is chilling to contemplate where the Putin mafia will go next. God help us all!
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4.0 out of 5 starsWinter is Coming (but it's sure not going to end soon)
By Leonard J. Wilson on November 16, 2015
Format: Hardcover
Since his retirement as the top ranked world chess master in 2005, Garry Kasparov has established himself as one of the leading voices for freedom and democracy in Russia. Along with a few other eloquent voices, such as Boris Nemtsov and Alexei Navalny, Kasparov has spoken out against the path that Russian governance has taken under Vladimir Putin. As Kasparov makes clear, Putin’s ascent to near-absolute power since 1999 has snuffed out the brief flicker of hope for freedom and democracy in Russia that arose under Boris Yeltsin’s presidency, 1991-1999. The unsolved, but suspicious, murder of Nemtsov in February 2015 eliminated one leading voice for freedom. Navalny remains active, and at constant risk, in Russia. Kasparov has prudently migrated to New York from whence he has written his recent indictment of the Putin regime: Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must be Stopped.

Rather than summarize Kasparov’s words, I’ll just comment that they are very much on the mark. Putin has indeed reshaped Yeltsin’s flawed but developing democracy back into an absolutist, centrally controlled state, one not dissimilar from the Tsarist Regime under which the Autocrat not only ruled Russia but literally owned the country, its resources and its people as his personal possessions. If that sounds implausible, please consult Harvard Professor Richard Pipes’ books Russian Conservatism and A Concise History of the Russian Revolution, or my reviews of them.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 starsThis is a very informative book for those who may ...

This is a very informative book for those who may be interested in Russia politics since the fall of the "iron curtain".
I found it interesting.

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I didn't enjoy it.

Published 11 days ago by Danny O'Haco
5.0 out of 5 starsIf you don't fear Putin yet, read this

Putin is the biggest threat to the free world. Europe and America will see more of his power projection and opportunistic taking soon. Read more

Published 14 days ago by R Swenton
4.0 out of 5 starsSomewhat repetitive theme but no doubt of the message and ...

Somewhat repetitive theme but no doubt of the message and passion of the author to the tragic failure of democracy in Russia

Published 15 days ago by D E Easterday
5.0 out of 5 starsgreat book.

On time; great book.

Published 16 days ago by J. W.
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AWESOME!

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Based on authors life experience

Published 25 days ago by Jonas
5.0 out of 5 starsWinter is Here

Winter is coming for the whole world according to Kasparov and he is right and truth full. Russia was a nice place to visit 10 years ago, but I would not go back now. Read more

Published 27 days ago by Rickyb
5.0 out of 5 starsGood read

A Russian American explains why America is such a great country

Published 27 days ago by J. Halpin
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

It was an interesting take by Mr. Kasparov on the situation.

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