Vladimir Putin: Authoritarianism and Anti-Americanism (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Authoritarian Power, Anti-American Discourse, and U.S.-Russian Rivalry in Post-Soviet PoliticsBy Christopher T. Gans, United States Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
Length5h 10m
About this audiobook
Vladimir Putin: Authoritarianism and Anti-Americanism gathers analytical perspectives on the ideological, strategic, and rhetorical foundations of contemporary Russian power. Framed by questions of authoritarian governance, nationalist legitimacy, and opposition to American influence, the volume examines how Putin-era politics have reshaped domestic institutions and international alignments. Its style is policy-oriented yet scholarly, combining historical interpretation, strategic assessment, and political analysis to illuminate the nexus between state authority and geopolitical confrontation. Drawing on the institutional vantage points of Christopher T. Gans, the United States Department of Defense, and the U.S. Navy, the collection aligns with contemporary security studies, post–Cold War international relations, and comparative authoritarianism. These backgrounds situate the work within debates over great-power competition, democratic resilience, and the uses of anti-American discourse as both domestic instrument and foreign-policy framework. The contributors' collective perspective underscores the intersection of military, diplomatic, and ideological concerns in understanding Russia's trajectory under Putin. This volume is recommended for readers seeking a focused introduction to the political logic of Putinism and its implications for U.S.-Russian relations. It offers a valuable opportunity to consider authoritarian consolidation, strategic rivalry, and ideological messaging within a single interpretive framework. Students, scholars, and policy readers will find it useful for the breadth of its insights and for the dialogue it fosters between historical context, security analysis, and contemporary geopolitical debate.
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GenrePolitics and Government, Literary Classics
Length5 hrs 10 mins
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Publish dateJul 3, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
411. Georgia
2I. PUTINIST AUTHORITARIANISM AND ANTI-AMERICANISM: AN INTRODUCTION
422. The Obama-Medvedev Reset: Short Lived or DOA?
3A. PURPOSE
433. The 2012 Election and Putin’s Third Term
4B. IMPORTANCE
444. Ongoing Events
5C. HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY
45G. CONCLUSIONS
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6D. BACKGROUND
46III. VLADIMIR PUTIN’S RUSSIA: BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND DICATORSHIP?
71. Putin’s Evolving Anti-Americanism
47A. WHAT MAKES AN AUTHORITARIAN STATE?
82. Putin’s Hybrid-Authoritarian Machine
481. True Authoritarian States
93. Implications of Russians’ Anti-Americanism
492. Hybrid Authoritarian States
10E. METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES
50B. PUTIN’S AUTHORITARIAN CONTROLLED DEMOCRACY: THE MECHANISMS
11F. ROADMAP
511. Attack the Yeltsin Years
12II. VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ANTI-AMERICANISM: OUTWARDLY FLUCTUATING BUT INTERNALLY CONSISTENT?
522. State Control and Resource Theory
13A. PUTIN’S EARLY HISTORY
533. Maintaining the Illusion
141. Early Life and College
54a. “Democratic” Elections
152. Into the Shadows: Putin in the KGB and the Case for a Long Term Cognitive Predisposition
55b. Political Parties
16B. YELTSIN ERA
56C. ROLE OF ELITES AND THE PUBLIC IN PUTIN’S MACHINE: AN AUTOCRAT STILL ANSWERABLE TO OTHERS?
171. Putin in the Aftermath of Collapse
571. Elites
182. Russia and the West in the 1990s: U.S. as an Inadvertent Contributor to Putinist Anti-Americanism
582. The Public at Large
19a. NATO
59D. CONCLUSION
20b. Balkans
60IV. THE POLITICS OF ANTI-AMERICANISM
21c. Economic Collapse and the Absence of U.S. Aid
61A. POLLING PERSPECTIVE ON THE RUSSIAN PUBLICS’ ANTI-AMERICANISM
22C. PUTIN: A SUDDEN THRUST INTO THE LIMELIGHT
621. The Pre-Putin Years
231. Putin’s Short-Lived Premiership and Acting Presidency
632. Under Putin: Fluctuating or as Steady as Putin?
24a. Crisis in Chechnya
64B. ANTI-AMERICANISM OF THE ELITES
25b. Presidential Election of 2000
651. Disenchantment Under Yeltsin
26D. PUTIN’S FIRST PRESIDENCY
662. Anti-Americanism to Demonstrate one’s Political Bona Fides
271. Integrate Into or With the West… or Neither?
67C. PUTIN’S POLITICAL BENEFITS FROM ANTI-AMERICANISM
282. The Attacks of 9/11 and the Aftermath
681. A Leader Representative of his Constituents
293. Brotherly Love: Putin and Bush
692. Distract the Constituents
304. Iraq and a Sudden Turn Against America?
70D. CONCLUSION
315. Elections of 2003 and 2004
71V. CONCLUSION
32E. PUTIN’S SECOND PRESIDENCY
72A. RUSSIAN ANTI-AMERICANISM: THE MAN, THE MACHINE, AND THE NATION
331. Shift from the West
731. Summary of Findings
342. America Inadvertently Plays into Putin’s Hand
742. The Russian Connection: Anti-Americanism and the Putin-State-Polity Link
35a. NATO
75B. ANTI-AMERICANISM’S ROLE IN THE FUTURE OF RUSSIAN — AMERICAN RELATIONS
36b. The Future of U.S. Unilateralism
761. Most Recent Events
37c. BMD
772. How Can America Cope?
38d. Western Turn by Former Constituent States
78C. FINAL ANALYSIS
393. Critical Reciprocity? Attack on Those who Criticize Him
79Memorable Quotes
40F. PRESIDENT TO PUPPETMASTER AND BACK AGAIN: PUTIN’S RECENT PREMIERSHIP AND RETURN TO THE PRESIDENCY
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