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Putin’s Wars: The Rise of Russia’s New Imperialism
by: Marcel Van Herpen (Author)
Publisher: RL
Publication Date: 3 Jan. 2024
Language: English
Print Length: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 1538183870
ISBN-13: 9781538183878
Book Description
Putin’s Wars provides an analysis of Russia’s relations with its near neighbors. Its contemporary analysis is enriched by the historical case studies the author brings in to bolster his arguments about Russia’s current expansionist aggression. Updated chapter on Ukraine to cover the ongoing war.
About the Author
Review In this sobering book, Marcel van Herpen … reminds us that Russia’s actions, unlike those of other former European empires, demonstrate that decolonization is not an irreversible process.Many books on Russian government and politics tend to focus on one specific element of the complex autocracy of the Kremlin, while neglecting the context. What separates Van Herpen’s work from other similar books is the rigorous holistic approach to the matter. This book is much more than a chronicle of armed conflicts I was originally looking for. Another advantage of Putin’s Wars is that the text itself reads less like a textbook and more like a historic narrative. It tells a gripping, yet objective story without overwhelming students with disconnected dates, names, tables, and graphs, like some other textbooks on the subject do. My favorite part is that Van Herpen offers enough historic and political tidbits in his writing to spark the students’ curiosity to continue explore and specialize in the subject on their own.The author analyzes the phenomenon of Russian imperialism, its origins, evolution, ideological foundations, and reciprocal ties with despotic rule in general. Van Herpen gives a detailed account of Putin’s revival of imperial doctrine and the related neocolonialist project of reintegrating post-Soviet space under the aegis of the Kremlin. . . . The book concludes with reflections on the Russian leadership’s ‘obsession’ with the ‘Ukrainian problem’ and its efforts to coerce Ukraine into joining the Eurasian Union by force. . . . The author’s logic is impeccable. About the Author Marcel H. Van Herpen is director of the Cicero Foundation, Maastricht. His personal website is http://www.marcelhvanherpen.com.