Winter is coming
by G. K. Kasparov, Garry Kasparov · first published 2015
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Offers a grounded understanding of modern Russia and Vladimir Putin's politics, using Russian history as the key to reading current events. Suited to general readers new to the topic.
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"The stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship--and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen, "--Amazon.com.
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Winter Is Coming by Garry Kasparov Gave me knowledge about modern Russia. Prisoners of Geography Because it explains how physical geography affects the economic success of countries. The Accidental Superpower…
on “Ask HN: Best books read in 2022” ↗Garry Kasparov - Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped https://www.amazon.com/Winter-Coming-Vladimir-Enemies-Stopped-ebook/dp/B06XCCZJ7D
on “Tell HN: Kasparov's 2015 book should have been a must read for many” ↗…not too much to ask it to avoid supporting adversaries who would undermine our society and economy at the first opportunity (and are actively doing so right now). [recommend reading Garry Kasparov's "Winter is Coming" & other titles -- Fmr World Chess Champion, Russian Presidential candidate, author -- he's been there, done that, and buried his friends doing so]
on “Ex-Google Employee Urges Lawmakers to Take on Company” ↗…to read 20 books; I succeeded. Here's the ones I recommend most: Kim Zetter - Countdown to Zero (on Stuxnet virus and how it was smuggled into the nuclear facility; very interesting) Gary Kasparov - Winter is Coming (we should consider Russia a dictatorship by now; though until recently, western politicians treated it as a democratic partner country) Mark Goodman - Future crimes (wide spanning book on crime in the…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗…people are short sighted when they think Russian history begins with the October Revolution. As you show, it is a pattern of Russia that extends well before the October Revolution. I read Gary Kasparov's Winter is Coming and as he says, the best way to understand Putin is to understand Russian history in its entirety.
on “Kremlin arrests FSB chiefs in fallout from Ukraine chaos” ↗…restauration of the last Russian Empire, the Soviet Union. Eastern Europe and ex-USSR republics have been trying to warn the world for quite a while, it's the West who refused to listen. Read Kasparov's "Winter is Coming" book to understand more.
on “Ukraine: Europe clearly overtakes US, with total commitments now twice as large” ↗…especially prosperous Ukraine is seen by them as an existential threat. And they may be right, as it certainly makes Russians wonder how those awful Ukrainians can live so well, having toilets and all. Read Winter Is Coming by Garry Kasparov. He's a former world chess champion, former candidate for President of Russia, and deeply involved in global democracy. He knows more than you or I ever will. No one intends to destroy…
> Doesn't mean he's wrong, but it definitely speaks to a bias, So to be clear, of Mr Kasparov's track record, his 2015 book "Winter Is Coming", was basically proven correct about Mr Putin by recent events, but ... never mind the track record, bias or something?
on “World War III has already started – Gary Kasparov” ↗…books in English. But I don't know about Russian. For instance, I found: Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror by Alexander Litvinenko (the guy Putin murdered with Polonium) Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped by Garry Kasparov Freezing Order : A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath by Bill Browder…
on “Brooklyn Public Library offers access to banned ebooks to teens across the U.S” ↗Here are Garry Kasparov's suggestions. None of them imply boots on the ground: https://twitter.com/kasparov63/status/1496865471995523080?s=... Kasparov wrote the book "Winter is Coming" back in 2015.
on “NATO leaves Black Sea exposed as Russia invades Ukraine” ↗…area might often are not experts in another one - but in this case it's false; also, last time I checked, he was the chairman of the Human Rights Foundation. Also, it turns out he was right when he wrote Winter is Coming. Moreover, let's be honest: you wrote your comment just because you believed the parent that Kasparov wanted to use nuclear weapons. What he proposes is completely different, and several of these points…
on “World War III has already started – Gary Kasparov” ↗…(p:280); The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya (p:354) + Sociology; Politics; Economics; Business: Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove (p:224); The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli (p:140); Winter is Coming by Garry Kasparov (p:290); Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum (p:224) +; Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl (p:164) +; We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins (p:272); De Zeven Vinkjes by Joris…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗