Marcel Van Herpen: 3 books
Putinism
The Slow Rise of a Radical Right Regime in Russia
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
In this original analysis of contemporary Russia, the author shows how Putin's regime is a completely new, right-wing political model that combines features of Mussolini's Italy with the 19th Century Bonapartism of Napoleon III and 21st Century Populism of Berlusconi. An essential read.
Putin's Propaganda Machine
Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Putin's Propaganda Machine examines Russia’s “information war,” one of the most striking features of its intervention in Ukraine. Marcel H. Van Herpen argues that the Kremlin’s propaganda offensive is a carefully prepared strategy, implemented and tested over the last decade. Initially intended...
Putin's Wars
The Rise of Russia's New Imperialism
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
This fully updated book offers the first systematic analysis of Putin’s three wars, placing the Second Chechen War, the war with Georgia of 2008, and the war with Ukraine of 2014–2015 in their broader historical context. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marcel H. Van Herpen analyzes...