The Future Is History
About This Book
The Future Is History (2017) examines Russia's troubled relationship with democratic governance through intimate portraits of individual lives. Masha Gessen traces a path from the Soviet Union's dissolution through the rise of Putin's authoritarian state, revealing the mechanisms that enabled totalitarianism's resurgence in contemporary Russia.
Who Should Read This?
- People interested in understanding Russian political systems
- Sociology students examining authoritarian regimes
- Anyone fascinated by twentieth-century history
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