Steve LeVine covers foreign affairs for BusinessWeek. He previously was correspondent for Central Asia and the Caucasus for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times for 11 years. His first book, The Oil and the Glory, a history of the former Soviet Union through the lens of oil, was published in October 2007. Putin’s Labyrinth, his new book, profiles Russia through the lives and deaths of six Russians. It was released this week.
Labels: litvinenko, medvedev, politkovsky, Putin, putin's labyrinth, Russia, steve levine
If Steve LeVine's aim … was to chill us to the marrow about post-Communist Russia, he has succeeded.
LeVine's reconstruction of a savagely botched anti-terrorist operation at a Moscow theatre is particularly effective.
With fresh insights into the Chechen wars and Putin’s post-presidency plans, LeVine’s important take on the all-too-real machinations and bloodthirstiness from which espionage thrillers are made is both unnerving and intriguing.
Donna Seaman, Booklist
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5 Comments:
Do we have a list of potential book tour events? I assume DC is on the list.
Hi Dan. The tour is embryonic at the moment: Dallas this Thursday. Then the San Francisco Bay Area on July 13 and July 14 . (The July 13th event is at the World Affairs Council in Diablo, but they don't have it on the Web as yet.) I will update as other dates are confirmed. I do think Washington will be included as I live there.
The link on the July 13th event in San Francisco's East Bay is here.
Do you think readers of theoildrum would be interested in these dates ?
RBM
My friends at the Oil Drum? Yes please invite them. Thanks, Steve
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