The Oligarchs

Wealth and Power in the New Russia

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Author:

Hoffman, David E.

ISBN:

978-1-58648-202-2

Publication Date:

Dec 2003

Publisher:

PublicAffairs

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

AUD $37.99

Book Description:

David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, exposes the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these cunning and ruthless men - Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly Chubais, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky, and Vladimir Gusinsky - Hoffman reveals how the oligarchs exploited the weakened Soviet state and rose to the pinnacle of Russia's new capitalism.

Book Details

Pages:	600
Detailed Subjects:	Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional Business & Economics / Economic Conditions Biography & Autobiography / Business
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	14.021 x 20.93 x 3.937 cm
Book Weight:	0.69 Kilograms

Author Biography

Hoffman, David E. (Author)

David E. Hoffman is a contributing editor at The Washington Post and a correspondent for PBS's investigative series, Frontline. He is the author of The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia, The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal, and The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy, which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2010.

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