July 27, 2021
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.
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