Robert D. Kaplan is a quirky writer, but his books contain plenty of insights into the political dimensions of today’s world. Kaplan believes we are in The Second Cold War. He believes the Russians are busy subverting our political system and attacking the European Union from within. “When a country is being subverted, it is not being outfought; it is being out-administered. Subversion is literally administration with a minus sign in front.” Kaplan shows how Russian moves in Eastern Europe are just a prelude to what’s going to develop in the years ahead. Undermining our Election with “fake News” and rumors is just the beginning. Our intelligence agencies seem ineffectual in controlling Russian incursions into hacking and cyber-theft. If you want a heads-up on the political mess we’re going to have to deal with, In Europe’s Shadow gives a pretty good blueprint of Russian hostile intentions. GRADE: A-
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Maps
Prologue: Nabokov’s Room
1. Bucharest 1981
2. Bucharest 2013
3. Latin Byzantium
4. The Baragan Steppe
5. The great cemetery of the Jews
6. The Pontic breach
7. Crossing the Carpathians
8. Fisherman’s bastion.
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
Notes
Illustration Credits
Index
YAWN!
Bob, the Russians are coming!
Trump: “If Putin says nice things about Trump, that’s a good thing.”
Jeff, it’s THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE all over again!
I miss glasnost. But, politics is, as I have no influence in matters, something I ignore, or try to, these days. You know, George, you’re allowed to read FUN books now.
Rick, I’m trying to read the Library books that are due in order. Actually, IN EUROPE’S SHADOW was a fun book to read. I learned a lot!
Thanks, George, for this and I’m sure you don’t mind me using this in my other online activity:
I’m a follower of Eva Balogh (retired Yale Prof ) and her blog “Hungarian Spectrum” where right now we are discussing Putin’s growing influence in Eastern Europe – so this book is very, very relevant.
Wolf, I think you would find IN EUROPE’S SHADOW insightful and provocative. Clearly, Putan and Russia are destabilizing the European Union. With the Russian hacking of the latest American Presidential Election, they are expanding their political activities.