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245			_aAccidental czar : _bthe life and lies of Vladimir Putin / _cAndrew S. Weiss; art by Brian "Box" Brown
260			_aNew York, NY : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2022
300			_a241 p. : _bill.
500			_aThis graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer to the autocratic leader of Russia and reveals the truth behind the strongman persona he has spent his career cultivating. In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? And how much of Putin's tough-guy persona is a calculated performance? In Accidental Czar, Andrew S. Weiss, a former White House Russia expert, and Brian Box Brown show how Putin has successfully cast himself as a cunning, larger-than-life political mastermind and how the rest of the world has played into the Kremlin's hands by treating him as one. They shatter all of these myths and expose the man behind the façade.
500			_aSIP2212
651			_aRussia _vbiography _xleadership _xinternal politics _xgovernment
653			_acomic books
653			_aPutin, Vladimir
653			_astrips
653			_acartoon books
700			_aBrown, Brian Box
942			_cMONO
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