War Made in Russia (eBook)

Sergei Medvedev is a Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies at the University of Helsinki and a Professor at the Charles University in Prague.

Introduction. Method in this Madness

Part I. The Anatomy of Violence

The State Came After the Body

Back to 1937

The Final Diagnosis

People as 'The New Oil'

The Zoos of Terror

The Generator of Entropy

Part II. The Memory Crusad

Kolyma by the Kremlin

Memorial to Russian Resentment

Thus Spake Zhirinovsky

The Offering Made to the Ninth of May

A Long Farewell to Empire


Part III. The War Nation

The Zombie Apocalypse

Revenge of the Underground Man

The Z Virus

Russia Inside Out

Mobilization as Russian Fate

The Age of the Sledgehammer

War as a National Idea

The Unfinished Work of 1945


Notes

Index

'Medvedev represents the best of the Russian critical tradition. His clear writing and creative analysis stand out amidst the muddle of twenty-first-century writing about Russia. He has been right all along and he is right again in this book.'
Tim Snyder, Yale University

'In an ocean of recently published books on Putin and Putin's Russia, Medvedev's illuminating work stands on its own with its focus on Russia's Putin: Putin as an embodiment of Russia's national idea.'
Ivan Krastev, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia

'Brilliant'
Victor Sebestyen, The Sunday Times

'The outstanding clarity of Medvedev's thought and style places him in the front rank of Russian-born critics of Putin.'
Financial Times

'The passionate Medvedev is the one to read for those who would like to sign up for a crusade'
Sheila Fitzpatrick, Sydney Morning Herald

'convincing'
Money Week

'A searing, deeply disturbing book that shows how violent the country has become'
Victor Sebestyen, The Oldie