The new Caesar - the dawn of Vladimir Putin's era

The New Caesar - The Rise of Vladimir Putin Author: Stephen Lee Myers Reviewed by: Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Abdullah Translated into Arabic: Taysir Nazmi Khalil Binding: Cover Number of volumes: One Paper: Shamoha Size: 14 × 21 Summary: In this novel that sweeps through Putin's rise to power, Stephen Lee Myers narrates the origins of Putin - from his childhood in extreme poverty in Leningrad to his rise through the ranks of the KGB, and ultimately his unification of power in the Kremlin. While the world struggles to confront a bolder Russia, the importance of understanding Vladimir Putin's enormous and ambitious nature has never been greater. On one hand, the numerous local reforms carried out by Putin - from tax cuts to expanding property rights - helped reshape the potential of millions of Russians whose only democratic experience was crime, poverty, and instability after the fall of the Soviet Union. On the other hand, Putin has heralded a new authoritarian rule - which is not disturbed by its brutal suppression of opposition and its recent assertiveness politically and militarily in regions such as the Crimean Peninsula and the Middle East. The New Caesar is an impressive achievement, a deeply researched and fundamental biography of one of the most important and destabilizing world leaders in modern history, the man who has become closely linked to Russia's future, ruling with an unforgiving hand.