The fascinating story of the launch of Sputnik, the earth's first ever satellite, and its role in shaping the modern world.
Matthew Brzezinski Books
Drawing on his extensive experience as a foreign correspondent, Matthew Brzezinski crafts narratives that illuminate complex geopolitical landscapes. His early career as a journalist in Warsaw, reporting for The New York Times and The Economist, provided a foundational understanding of Eastern European dynamics. Subsequent assignments for The Wall Street Journal in Moscow and Kyiv further honed his ability to dissect international affairs. After relocating to the US, his focus shifted to counter-terrorism reporting for The New York Times Magazine, underscoring his dedication to exploring critical global issues.
Casino Moscow. A tale of greed and adventure on capitalism's wildest frontier
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
"Having awakened from its communist slumber, Russia in the roaring nineties is a place where everything and everyone is for sale and fortunes can be made and lost overnight. Into this maelstrom steps rookie Wall Street Journal reporter Matthew Brzezinski. Assigned to make sense of the financial markets, he is instantly plunged into the crazed world of Russian capitalism, where corrupt Moscow bankers and American carpetbaggers preside over the greatest boom and bust in international financial history.". "Brzezinski knows he's in over his head; what he comes to realize is that so is the entire country. The government of Boris Yeltsin is under the thumb of seven powerful men known as "the oligarchs," and a flamboyant businessman from Chechnya - even as his homeland is under siege by Russian troops - has set himself up as one of Moscow's most notorious powerbrokers. Meanwhile, the gap between haves and have-nots is widening into an abyss. Among Moscow's elite, solid-gold bathroom fixtures are de rigueur, while in Vladivostok, the last stop on the Trans-Siberian railway, long-suffering citizens must buy water by the pail from the local mafia."--BOOK JACKET.
