This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin''s rise from a mid-level KGB officer to the autocratic leader of Russia and reveals the truth behind the strongman persona he has spent his career cultivating.

In the West’s collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe and in UkraineBut how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? And how much of Putin’s tough-guy persona is a calculated performance?

In Accidental Czar, Andrew S. Weiss, a former White House Russia expert, and Brian “Box” Brown show how Putin has successfully cast himself as a cunning, larger-than-life political mastermind—and how the rest of the world has played into the Kremlin’s hands by treating him as oneThey shatter all of these myths and expose the man behind the façade.

Format Inbunden Omfång 272 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag St Martin's Press Utgivningsdatum 2022-12-12 ISBN 9781250760753