{"product_id":"putin","title":"Putin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe monumental biography of the most influential leader on the world stage in the last twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe has the power to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations. Yet many Russians continue to support him. Under Putin's leadership, Russia has once again become a force to be reckoned with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhilip Short's magisterial biography, \u003cem\u003ePutin\u003c\/em\u003e, explores in unprecedented depth the personality of Russia's leader and demolishes many of our preconceptions about Putin's Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo explain is not to justify. Putin's regime is dark. But, on closer examination, much of what we think we know about him turns out to rest on half-truths. This book is as close as we will come to understanding Russia's ruler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45658033094892,"sku":"9781784700935","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784700935.jpg?v=1724848245","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/putin","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}