All the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. The image of Putin as a strongman is dissolved. In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted--if not controlled--by the men...
All the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. The image of Putin as a strongman is dissolved. In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted--if not controlled--by the men who at once advise and deceive him.
The regional governors and bureaucratic leaders are immovable objects, far more powerful in their fiefdoms than the president himself. So are the gatekeepers-those officials who guard the pathways to power-on whom Putin depends as much as they rely on him. The tenuous edifice is filled with all of the intrigue and plotting of a Medici court, as enemies of the state are invented and wars begun to justify personal gains, internal rivalries, or one faction's biased advantage.
A bestseller in Russia, All the Kremlin's Men is a shocking revisionist portrait of the Putin era and a dazzling reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers running riot.
Girkin,Igor (later Strelkov). Key figure in Russian occupation of Crimea and the war in Donbass; charged by the Ukrainian authorities with terrorism and sanctioned by the EU; now being sued by the families of passengers killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down, allegedly by forcesunder his control. (查看原文)
History seems logical in hindsight, when the outcome is known and the events are traced back to their origins. It may even seem to have a purpose, a design, whereby what happens could not have been otherwise. Its protagonists retroactively invent grounds to justify their actions. They find cause where none existed and pluck logic out of the air.
It is logic that Putin-era Russia lacks. The chain of events that I have been able to link together reveals the absence of a clear plan or strategy on the part of Putin himself or his courtiers. Everything that happens is a tactical step, a real-time response to external stimuli devoid of an ultimate objective. (查看原文)
3 有用 Biomass 2017-02-12 18:07:57
克林姆林宫学。
1 有用 獭上尉 2022-04-17 00:58:40
用人物串起来的普京政权史，现在看不得不感慨很多事真是草蛇灰线……Павловский说胜过他写的所有东西，倒也不必如此妄自菲薄了23333
1 有用 云璈 2022-04-28 16:13:42
跟各当事人回忆录与相关采访有不少出入，但视为当小说来看还是有很多足够欢乐或神奇的脑洞，比一般白左的黑法有趣不少，部分滤镜因为过于特异反而有种大黑实粉的感觉。
0 有用 Mantsuki 2022-08-26 16:59:05 浙江
tvrain前主編，水平不如peter啊還是！ @2020-10-26 15:30:54 @2022-02-13 22:19:48
0 有用 みらい 2022-08-27 20:27:50 安徽
以故事汇形式构建起的xx证券史。西吴、南阿运动带来的冲击需要重视。结尾很中肯:是所有人参与创造了他。