Putin's Playbook

Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America

Rebekah Koffler

• Editorial: Regnery Gateway
• Año: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781684510221
• Categoría: Politik & Internationale Beziehungen
• Categoría: Russische Politik

Putin's Playbook is urgently essential reading. A former U.S. intelligence specialist who was born and raised in the Soviet Union explains what Vladimir Putin wants and how he plans to get it. Russia's ruler is following a carefully devised plan to defeat the United States. Rebekah Koffler came to America as a young woman. After 9/11, she joined the Defense Intelligence Agency, devoting her career to protecting her new country. Now she reveals in chilling detail Putin's long-range plan—his "playbook"—to weaken and subdue the United States, preparing for the war that he believes is inevitable.With the insight of a native, Koffler explains how Russians, formed by centuries of war-torn history, understand the world and their national destiny. The collapse of the Soviet empire, which Putin experienced as a vulnerable KGB agent in East Germany, was a catastrophic humiliation. Seeing himself as the modern "Czar Vladimir" of a unique Slavic nation at war with the West, he is determined to restore Russia to its place as a great power.Koffler's analysis is enriched by her deeply personal account of her life in the Soviet Union. Devoted to her adopted homeland but concerned about the complacency of her fellow citizens, she appreciates American freedoms as only a survivor of totalitarianism can. An opportunity to view ourselves and the world through the eyes of our adversary, Putin's Playbook is a rare and compelling testimony that we ignore at our peril.

Índice

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Disclaimer
• Author’s Note
• Author’s Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book
• Prologue: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
• Chapter 1: Russia’s War on America
• Chapter 2: Putin’s Wish List: America’s Nightmare
• Chapter 3: Russia Organizes for War
• Chapter 4: Putin’s Star Wars: Lasers, Jammers, and Satellite Killers
• Chapter 5: Cyber Weapons: Waging War on U.S. Networks and American Minds
• Chapter 6: Spies and Disruptors: Infiltrating America
• Chapter 7: Active Measures: Subversion, Election Sabotage, and Assassinations
• Chapter 8: Putin’s Military Option: Things That Go Bang
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Notes
• Index
• Copyright