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The Man Without a Face by Masha Gessen

The Man Without a Face

The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

by Masha Gessen
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  • First Published:
  • Mar 1, 2012, 304 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Mar 2013, 320 pages
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Rod Davis

The Man Without a Face
Essential reading on Russia today and the war, how this current gangster state became, it pulls together a lot of threads, the evidence is compelling and shocking. As someone who has watched the collapse of communism and the USSR since 1960, it reveals a lot that wasn't known. Rather, information was deliberately confused and misrepresented by 'western' bias, so few people knew anything for sure. This book fills a lot of gaps. I found it fascinating. A brave author. thank you Masha.
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