Black Wind, White Snow

Russia's New Nationalism

Black Wind, White Snow
Charles Clover
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26 Jul 2022 US
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9780300268355
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A fascinating study of the root motivations behind the political activities and philosophies of Putin' s government in Russia "Part intellectual history, part portrait gallery. Black Wind, White Snow traces the background to Putin' s ideas with verve and clarity. "-Geoffrey Hosking, Financial Times "Required reading. This is a vivid, panoramic history of bad ideas, chasing the metastasis of the doctrine known as Eurasianism. Reading Charles Clover will help you understand the world of lies and delusions that is Eurasia. "-Ben Judah, Standpoint Charles Clover, award-winning journalist and former Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times, here analyzes the idea of "Eurasianism," a theory of Russian national identity based on ethnicity and geography. Clover traces Eurasianism' s origins in the writings of white Russian exiles in 1920s Europe, through Siberia' s Gulag archipelago in the 1950s, the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, and up to its steady infiltration of the governing elite around Vladimir Putin. This eye-opening analysis pieces together the evidence for Eurasianism' s place at the heart of Kremlin thinking today and explores its impact on recent events, the annexation of Crimea, and the rise in Russia of anti-Western paranoia and imperialist rhetoric, as well as Putin' s sometimes perplexing political actions and ambitions. Based on extensive research and dozens of interviews with Putin' s close advisers, this quietly explosive story will be essential reading for anyone concerned with Russia' s past century, and its future.
"What did Putin mean by ' Eurasia' and where does his project come from? This is the question Charles Clover sets out to answer in this though-provoking book. Part intellectual history, part portrait gallery . . . Black Wind, White Snow traces the background to Putin' s ideas with verve and clarity. "-Geoffrey Hosking, Financial Times "Clover writes knowledgeably and engagingly of the Russian political scene . . . Readers who would like to make that judgement for themselves in the case of today' s Russia will scarcely find a better introduction than Black Wind, White Snow. "-Edmund Griffiths, Times Literary Supplement "A veteran Financial Times correspondent analyses what really motivates the regime in Moscow by tracing the rise of Eurasianism: the belief (crudely put) that Russia' s national identity is determined by ethnicity, geography and destiny. "-The Economist, "Books of the Year 2016" "Black Wind, White Snow is required reading. This is a vivid, panoramic history of bad ideas, chasing the metastasis of the doctrine known as Eurasianism . . . Reading Charles Clover will help you understand the world of lies and delusions that is Eurasia. "-Ben Judah, Standpoint "An important contribution to this discussion . . . Mr. Clover' s reporting is excellent. "-The Economist "[A] deeply researched, fascinating account of how nationalist views that were once dissident or marginal in the Soviet Union seeped into the corridors of power in the Kremlin when Marxism-Leninism stopped working . . . Clover' s book deserves to win prizes for originality of mind as well as the strength of his liver-he has spent many nights drinking with these nationalists. "-Michael Burleigh, The Times "Utterly absorbing. "-Benjamin Nathans, New York Review of Books "Clover is as clear-sighted and sceptical as his subjects are obsessively totalitarian . . . [he possesses] an unfailing readability: however frightening the message one wants to read on to the last whistle. "-Brian Morton, Glasgow Herald "The new Russian nationalism for which Dugin speaks is entirely genuine. Clover casts a considerable light on its roots, on its passionate bias against the West, and on the Russian reality with which the rest of us now have to deal. His is therefore a book that needs to be read. "-Rodric Braithwaite, Open Russia "[Black Wind, White Snow] has significance beyond its immediate subject matter. Its meticulous observation provides us with a case study of birth of a new ideology, taking place before our very eyes. "-Antony Black, European Legacy "Essential reading. Charles Clover expertly traces how thinkers from Russia' s nationalist fringe infiltrated the highest levels of Putin' s Kremlin and helped set Russian foreign policy on its current dangerous course. "-Andrew S. Weiss, Vice President for Studies, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace "Panoramic and vivid. Informative and gripping. This is required reading on Russia now. "-Ben Judah, author of Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin "Nationalism-but not as we know it. Part poetic exercise, part proto-fascism, Eurasianism is the old-new idea eating away the Russian soul and spreading throughout Europe. Clover' s book is an intellectual adventure into a dangerous ideological Wonderland. "-Peter Pomerantsev, author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia
American journalist Charles Clover is currently the Financial Times' s China correspondent. In 2011 he received the Foreign Reporter of the Year Award at the British Press Awards.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780300268355
Published: 26 Jul 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 197mm
Width: 127mm
Weight: 363g
Pages: 384

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