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Title: Casino Moscow: A Tale of Greed and Adventure on Capitalism's Wildest Frontier by Matthew Brzezinski ISBN: 0684869764 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.57
Rating: 2
Summary: Russes Terribles
Comment: I think Mr. Zbignev Brzezinski - a former US National Security adviser under President Carter - would enjoy the book. This is because 'Casino Moscow' was written by his young nephew - Matthew Brzezinski. Plus it portraits Russians in the most unpleasant light - some people like that! Certainly, to his credit, Mr. Matthew Brzezinski has reached new heights in his creative Russia - bashing. The author has actually moved a full circle from his uncle's traditional Truman-like anti-communism to the age-old loathing of everything Russian by the Polish ultra-nationalist aristocracy from Marshal Pilsudski camp.
I am not sure if this loathing is unjustified, but the question I am asking is simple: is Mr. Matthew Brzezinski really the right person to represent US business community in Russia (as a WSJ correspondent), or may be he is a little biased to bridge Russian and American points of view? No wonder US investments in Russia are less than in Costa Rica.
Rating: 5
Summary: Been there, done that, now back again
Comment: Casino Moscow, about post-Soviet Russian and Eastern Europe, is a surprising page turner. Having worked in Russia and other former Soviet Republics, I was walking back in time as I read the book. Brzezinki's accurate portrayal of the life an expat (from the initial shock upon arrival, to the slow immersion to local custom, all the way to going native) and the business customs and irregularities (finding business partners, traveling on local transport, needless and antiquated bureaucracy, the mafia and all of the ironies in between). I laughed at loud at times and other times was reminded how scary a place to live it was. I think the comparisons to Liar's Poker are apt. The story is griping, funny, and for many people I know, all too close to reality. Billions of dollars at play in an unregulated wild west arena. He has the oil fields, oil men, bankers, Chechens, Tartars, Radisson, Nightflight, dinner parties, expat haunts, trips to the provinces,....all of it down pat and eerily reminiscent of what I know to be true. Casino Moscow culminates with an interesting and credible (hailing from the WSJ) perspective on the final spurts of Russian economic "growth."
Rating: 3
Summary: Scared to death of Russia now?
Comment: Man, had I not been to Russia as many times already that I have...and I was getting read to leave and had read this book, I would be too scared to go!! Mr. Brzezinski's book is entertaining at best. It glances over some important parts in today's Russia. However, it is too damn moralistic and bemoans the same whining, bitching and complaining that 98% of all the expats living in Moscow complain about...it's not like home. Well, duh...
If you have been following news out of Russia, this book will add nothing new to your bank of knowledge. If you have never been to Russia and you are getting ready to go to Russia, don't let this book scare you away.
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Title: The Oligarchs: Wealth & Power in the New Russia by David E. Hoffman, David Hoffman ISBN: 1586480014 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 19 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Exile: Sex, Drugs, and Libel in the New Russia by Mark Ames, Matt Taibbi, Edward Limonov ISBN: 0802136524 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Violent Entrepreneurs: The Use of Force in the Making of Russian Capitalism by Vadim Volkov ISBN: 0801487781 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Comrade Criminal: Russia's New Mafiya by Stephen Handelman ISBN: 0300063865 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.22 |
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Title: Godfather of the Kremlin: the Life and Times of Boris Berezovsky by Paul Klebnikov ISBN: 0151006210 Publisher: Harcourt Paperbacks Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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