! Zhirinovsky!

New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xii, [16], 198 p. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Bibliography. Index. This is an Insider's Account of Yeltsin's Chief Rival & Bespredel-The New Russian Roulette. Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky has risen quickly in Russian politics. He surprised the world by leading the Liberal Democratic Party to a 23% share of the vote in the parliamentary elections of 1993. In the late 1980s he worked at the Mir publishing house, where the author, Vladimir Kartsev, was his boss. Kartsev recounts his experiences with his former employee, and analyzes the situation that gave rise to Zhirinovsky and his brand of fascism. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling.

Keywords: Zhirinovsky, Communism, Bespredel, Nikolai Barkov, Corruption, Dzerzhinsky, Yegor Gaidar, Anti-Semitism, Mass Media, KGB, Komsomol, Mir Publishing, Nuclear Weapons, Economic Reform, Privitization, Rafia, Boris Yeltsin

ISBN: 9780231102100

[Book #65055]

Price: $28.50