Mark Galeotti Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Agents of Influence: How the KGB Subverted Western Democracies
Mark HollingsworthAgents of Influence by Mark Hollingsworth, review: a catalogue of KGB dirty tricks My review for @TelegraphBooks of a fun romp through KGB dirty tricks that would have done better not trying to bring it into the present day https://t.co/KL2MEmyrAD
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine
Mark GaleottiPutin’s Wars by Mark Galeotti review: drunken soldiers spill the dirt on Putin’s ailing army A v kind review of my new book (out this coming week!) by @colinfreeman99 in the @Telegraph https://t.co/sUUNPuTAbE
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Putin
Philip ShortSelected by Mark Galeotti, the author of the forthcoming “Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine.” My 5 recommendations on #Putin and power for @WSJ, by Philip Short, @timothymfrye, @yaffaesque, @zygaro and... Vladimir Sorokin (Day of the Oprichnik!) https://t.co/svNMqgCMFH
Paperback, 2023
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Afghanistan 1979-88: Soviet Air Power Against the Mujahideen
Mark GaleottiAfghanistan 1979–88 - Soviet air power against the mujahideen My latest @OspreyBooks book, with some lovely art by Edouard Groult - an interesting chance to revisit materials gathered when I was researching my PhD, a l-o-o-ng time ago... https://t.co/jvARpGleTW
Paperback, 2023
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Russia: Foreign Policy and U.S. Relations
Cory Welt"...a sense of the shape of Russia after Putin’s presidency. Which is not, by any means, Russia after Putin." The hunt is on for #Putin’s successor My hot take on the latest political bombshells from #Russia in @spectator's Coffee House blog https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2020/01/the-hunt-is-on-for-putins-successor/
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Putinism: The Slow Rise of a Radical Right Regime in Russia
Kenneth A. LoparoWas delighted to contribute a chapter on 'Twilight of the technocrats and the triumph of autocracy in late Putinism' to this collection of how (if?) the #RussiaUkraineWar has changed everything, from @NATO_DefCollege, edited by @MarcOzawa https://t.co/eRcdoCt85w
Hardcover, 2013
$109.99Member price:$104.49 + Free shipping5% off
Day of the Oprichnik
Vladimir SorokinSelected by Mark Galeotti, the author of the forthcoming “Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine.” My 5 recommendations on #Putin and power for @WSJ, by Philip Short, @timothymfrye, @yaffaesque, @zygaro and... Vladimir Sorokin (Day of the Oprichnik!) https://t.co/svNMqgCMFH
Paperback, 2012
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War
Mark GaleottiThe Future Of War: A Discussion With Mark Galeotti Talking to @OwenBennettJone about 'The Weaponisation of Everything' on @NewBooksNetwork @UCLSSEES @yalepress https://t.co/KT7UE0luUZ
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book