Reddit reviews The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
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Technically a ‘spy’, but for most of his career more a low level bureaucrat.
Masha Gessen:
“The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world.”
Book: ‘The man without a face’
> As for Putin, the short answer to your question is - he's competent. Competent at his job. He's clever, determined, well-spoken and actually does stuff rather than just talk about it.
If anyone wants to learn what Putin is actually like -- and how thoroughly ignorant he is, in all endeavors aside from running a gangster state -- check out Masha Gessen's The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin or Fiona Hill's Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin.
This episode recommended two books for additional information about Vladimir Putin.
Masha Gessen's book The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin is an excellent (if slightly dry) read.
As is the article she wrote at the very beginning of Trump's tenure: Autocracy: Rules For Survival
Here's just one book. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Without-Face-Unlikely-Vladimir-ebook/dp/B005GSZISA