{"product_id":"from-cold-war-to-hot-peace","title":"From Cold War to Hot Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fascinating and timely account of the current crisis in the relationship  between Russia and the United States' Daniel Beer, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Could not be more timely ... crucial reading for anyone interested in what's happening inside Putin's head' Oliver Bullough, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eProspect\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of Russian-American  relations, from a former US ambassador and 'Obama's top White House  advisor on Russia policy' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e(The New York Times)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn   2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and   join President-elect Barack Obama's national security team, he had no   idea that he would find himself at the beating heart of one of today's   most contentious international relationships. McFaul had been studying   and visiting Russia for decades, becoming one of America's preeminent   scholars on the country during the first Putin era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring   President Obama's first term, McFaul helped craft the policy known as   \"Reset,\" which fostered unprecedented collaboration between the two   countries under Dmitry Medvedev's presidency. Later, as U.S. ambassador   from 2012 to 2014, he witnessed firsthand how Vladimir Putin's new  rise  interrupted this era of cooperation and returned Russian-American   relations to a level of hostility not known since the darkest days of   the Cold War. From the outset of his ambassadorship, the Kremlin  accused  McFaul of being sent by Obama to foment revolution against  Putin's  regime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis resulting insider's account - uniquely  combining  history, politics and intimate personal knowledge of the  corridors of  power - takes us from Putin's dacha to ornate Kremlin  chambers and the  Oval Office, to explain how Russia really works, and  why the world has  entered a dangerous new era of confrontation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54218155655512,"sku":"9780141988412","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141988412__676eeca76a7fd.jpg?v=1741157513","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/from-cold-war-to-hot-peace","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}