“The Russia that Satter depicts in this brave, engaging book cannot be ignored . . . Required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state” ( Newsweek ).
Anticipating a new dawn of freedom after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians could hardly have foreseen the reality of their future a decade later: A country impoverished and controlled at every level by organized crime. This riveting book views the 1990s reform period through the experiences of individual citizens, revealing the changes that have swept Russia and their effect on Russia’s age-old ways of thinking.
“With a reporter’s eye for vivid detail and a novelist’s ability to capture emotion, he conveys the drama of Russia’s rocky road for the average victimized Russian . . . This is only half the story of what is happening in Russia these days, but it is the shattering half, and Satter renders it all the more poignant by making it so human.” — Foreign Affairs
“[Satter] tells engrossing tales of brazen chicanery, official greed and unbearable suffering . . . Satter manages to bring the events to life with excruciating accounts of real Russians whose lives were shattered.” — The Baltimore Sun
“Satter must be commended for saying what a great many people only dare to think.” — The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“Humane and articulate.” — TheSpectator
“Vivid, impeccably researched and truly frightening . . . Western policy-makers would do well to study these pages.” — National Post
Book Description
Anticipating a new dawn of freedom and democracy after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians instead find themselves in a country desperately impoverished and controlled at every level by criminals. This compelling book views the 1990s reform period through the experiences of individual citizens, revealing staggering changes in Russian life, society, and ways of thinking. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Review
".... [A] humane and articulate attempt to record the consciousness of ordinary Russians waking up to an unrecognizable historical reality." -- Raymond Asquith, The Spectator (U.K)
".... [V]ivid, impeccably researched and truly frightening." -- Martin Sieff, United Press International/Washington Times
"Satter has.... a reporter's eye for vivid detail and a novelist's ability to capture emotion." -- Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs
"This brave engaging book should be required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state." -- Newsweek
David Satter must be commended for saying what a great many people only dare to think." -- Matthew Brzezinski, The Toronto Globe and Mail
[Satter]. . . .describes, more compellingly than any abstract theorist could, the consequences of nominal freedom without rule of law. -- Michael Potemra, National Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
David Satter is now senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, and visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Publisher
Also Available by David Satter: Age of Delirium --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Inside Flap
".... [D]escribes more compellingly than any abstract theorist could the consequences of nominal freedom without the rule of law." - Michael Potemra, National Review
"If policy makers wish to avoid getting another Russian rake in the face, they should read Darkness at Dawn." - Sean McMeekin, The Weekly Standard
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Description:
“The Russia that Satter depicts in this brave, engaging book cannot be ignored . . . Required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state” ( Newsweek ).
Anticipating a new dawn of freedom after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians could hardly have foreseen the reality of their future a decade later: A country impoverished and controlled at every level by organized crime. This riveting book views the 1990s reform period through the experiences of individual citizens, revealing the changes that have swept Russia and their effect on Russia’s age-old ways of thinking.
“With a reporter’s eye for vivid detail and a novelist’s ability to capture emotion, he conveys the drama of Russia’s rocky road for the average victimized Russian . . . This is only half the story of what is happening in Russia these days, but it is the shattering half, and Satter renders it all the more poignant by making it so human.” — Foreign Affairs
“[Satter] tells engrossing tales of brazen chicanery, official greed and unbearable suffering . . . Satter manages to bring the events to life with excruciating accounts of real Russians whose lives were shattered.” — The Baltimore Sun
“Satter must be commended for saying what a great many people only dare to think.” — The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“Humane and articulate.” — The Spectator
“Vivid, impeccably researched and truly frightening . . . Western policy-makers would do well to study these pages.” — National Post
Book Description
Anticipating a new dawn of freedom and democracy after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians instead find themselves in a country desperately impoverished and controlled at every level by criminals. This compelling book views the 1990s reform period through the experiences of individual citizens, revealing staggering changes in Russian life, society, and ways of thinking. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Review
".... [A] humane and articulate attempt to record the consciousness of ordinary Russians waking up to an unrecognizable historical reality." -- Raymond Asquith, The Spectator (U.K)
".... [V]ivid, impeccably researched and truly frightening." -- Martin Sieff, United Press International/Washington Times
"Satter has.... a reporter's eye for vivid detail and a novelist's ability to capture emotion." -- Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs
"This brave engaging book should be required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state." -- Newsweek
David Satter must be commended for saying what a great many people only dare to think." -- Matthew Brzezinski, The Toronto Globe and Mail
[Satter]. . . .describes, more compellingly than any abstract theorist could, the consequences of nominal freedom without rule of law. -- Michael Potemra, National Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
David Satter is now senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, and visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Publisher
Also Available by David Satter: Age of Delirium --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Inside Flap
".... [D]escribes more compellingly than any abstract theorist could the consequences of nominal freedom without the rule of law." - Michael Potemra, National Review
"If policy makers wish to avoid getting another Russian rake in the face, they should read Darkness at Dawn." - Sean McMeekin, The Weekly Standard
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.