{"product_id":"from-cold-war-to-hot-peace-an-american-ambassador-in-putins-russia-9781328624383","title":"From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the diplomat Putin wants to interrogate--and has banned from Russia--a revelatory, inside account of U.S.-Russia relations from 1989 to the present \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating and timely account of the current crisis in the relationship between Russia and the United States.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePutin would need an enemy, and he turned to the most reliable one in Russia's recent history: the United States and then, by extension, me.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join an unlikely presidential campaign, he had no idea that he would find himself at the beating heart of one of today's most contentious and consequential international relationships. As President Barack Obama's adviser on Russian affairs, McFaul helped craft the United States' policy known as \"reset\" that fostered new and unprecedented collaboration between the two countries. And then, as U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, he had a front-row seat when this fleeting, hopeful moment crumbled with Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency. This riveting inside account combines history and memoir to tell the full story of U.S.-Russia relations from the fall of the Soviet Union to the new rise of the hostile, paranoid Russian president. From the first days of McFaul's ambassadorship, the Kremlin actively sought to discredit and undermine him, hassling him with tactics that included dispatching protesters to his front gates, slandering him on state media, and tightly surveilling him, his staff, and his family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Cold War to Hot Peace \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential account of the most consequential global confrontation of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328624383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.50d","brand":"Michael McFaul","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648996929692,"sku":"9781328624383","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e8027ba0-10a3-4ac3-b64d-e9ef5850d4ea.jpg?v=1603871692","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/from-cold-war-to-hot-peace-an-american-ambassador-in-putins-russia-9781328624383","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}