CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Prologue
3. 1    The End of the Cold War and the Fall of the USSR
4. 2    The Lost Decade
5. 3    The Invisible Wars
6. 4    Born in Blood
7. 5    President for Life
8. 6    The Search for Putin’s Soul
9. 7    Off the Board, Into the Fire
10. 8    Operation Medvedev
11. 9    The Audacity of False Hope
12. 10    War and Appeasement
13. Conclusion
14. Acknowledgments
15. Notes
16. Index
17. About the Author

        Introduction

        Prologue

  1    The End of the Cold War and the Fall of the USSR

  2    The Lost Decade

  3    The Invisible Wars

  4    Born in Blood

  5    President for Life

  6    The Search for Putin’s Soul

  7    Off the Board, Into the Fire

  8    Operation Medvedev

  9    The Audacity of False Hope

10    War and Appeasement

        Conclusion

        Acknowledgments

        Notes

        Index

        About the Author