BLOWOUT, Rachel Maddow, is a necessary book; it explains
with facts, unassailable logic and humor the state of Russia today and why
Putin continues to attack the West.
Rachel Maddow is host of the Emmy
Award–winning Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, as well as the
author of Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, a
#1 New York Times bestseller. Maddow received a bachelor’s
degree in public policy from Stanford University and earned her doctorate in
political science at Oxford University. She lives in New York City and
Massachusetts with her partner, artist Susan Mikula.
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Hardcover: 432 pages
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Publisher: Crown; First Edition edition (October 1, 2019)
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Language: English
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ISBN-10: 0525575472
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ISBN-13: 978-0525575474
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Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
- #2 in Russian History (Books)
- #1 in Oil & Energy Industry (Books)
- #2 in Russian & Former Soviet Union Politics
It seems that Vladimir decided about 20 years ago to bet
Russia's future on oil as the only income generator for the country. Trouble is
that Russia's oil companies and oil fields are running out of easily
extractable oil. And, the oil companies in Russia are poorly managed and lack
Western technology to install hydraulic fracturing.
In order to continue generating income from oil, Russia
absolutely needs Western drilling technology and expertise. But, American
sanctions on Russian oil companies prevent the big Western oil producers like
Exxon, from cooperating with Russian oil producers.
Since Putin controls the oil companies like a mob boss, all
the income flows to him and his associates. This leaves Russian people out of
the income flow and very poor.
It's a classic scenario that usually leads to revolution -
the people are hurting while the bosses control all the money with thug tactics
including murder and rigged elections.
When Russia falls one hopes that a law based society and a
diversified economy take the place of the current despotic state which depends
on a single commodity.
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