Putin's Rise to Power
Warfare
The History of Vladimir Putin
I think Putin could have gone down many different paths. It's too easy to just look back and find those moments which are consistent with what happened later. I don't find it convincing when people reach back and they say he read this book. And that explains it all. Some people have really emphasized the fact that he's quoted certain Russian philosophers, nationalist Russian philosophers in the past. But his reading is also chosen because his tastes and interests and view of the world are developing in a certain direction.
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