Week of February 27, 2012

Vladimir Putin

In the News: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is running for his third, though not consecutive, term as president. He had previously served in 1999 following Boris Yeltsin’s resignation. Putin held that office until 2008, at which time he was immediately appointed as Prime Minister.

After Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain
Edited by Stephen K. Wegren and Dale R. Herspring. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Document Russia, Part 1: Putin: Stairway to Power (DVD)
Directed by Shojun Hata et al. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004
Call Number: DK510.766 .P88 D6322 2004 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Inside Putin’s Russia
By Andrew Jack. Oxford University Press, 2006
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Leading Russia—Putin in Perspective: Essays in Honour of Archie Brown
Edited by Alex Pravda. Oxford University Press, 2005
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Misinterpreting Modern Russia
By Bruno S. Sergi. Continuum, 2009
Call Number: DK510.763 .S443 2009

My Perestroika (DVD)
Directed by Robin Hessman. New Day Films, 2011
Call Number: DK510.763 .M92 2011 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The New Cold War: Putin’s Russia and the Threat to the West
By Edward Lucas. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Call Number: JZ1616 .L83 2009 (At Jupiter)

Putin: Russia’s Choice
By Richard Sakwa. Routledge, 2004
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Putin’s Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia
By Steve LeVine. Random House, 2008
Call Number: HN530.2 .ZP V55 2008

Putin’s Russia
By Anna Politkovskaya. Harvill, 2004
Call Number: DK510.762 .P65 2004 (At Jupiter)

The Rebuilding of Greater Russia: Putin’s Foreign Policy Towards the CIS Countries
By Bertil Nygren. Routledge, 2008
Call Number: DK293 .N94 2008

Russia: Re-Emerging Great Power
Edited by Roger E. Kanet. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Call Number: DK510.763 .R8583 2007

A Russian Diary: A Journalist’s Final Account of Life, Corruption, and Death in Putin’s Russia
By Anna Politkovskaya. Random House, 2007
Call Number: DK510.763 .P655 2007

Russian Foreign Policy Beyond Putin
By Eugene B. Rumer. Routledge, 2007
Call Number: DK510.763 .R836 2007

Russian Politics under Putin
Edited by Cameron Ross. Palgrave, 2004
Call Number: DK510.763 .R8715 2004

Television and Presidential Power in Putin’s Russia
By Tina Burrett. Routledge, 2011
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Vladimir Putin and the New World Order: Looking East, Looking West?
By J. L. Black. Rowman & Littlefield, 2004
Call Number: DK510.764 .B58 2004

Vladimir Putin and the Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy
By Bobo Lo. Blackwell, 2002
Call Number: DK510.764 .L6 2003