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PUTINISM. Copyright © 2015 by Walter Laqueur. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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ISBN 978-1-250-06475-2 (hardcover)

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First Edition: July 2015