Wheel of Fortune

The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia

Thane Gustafson

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$23.50 • £18.95 • €21.00

ISBN 9780674975378

Publication Date: 05/15/2017

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672 pages

6-3/8 x 9-1/4 inches

3 maps, 7 charts, 2 tables

Belknap Press

World

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Thane Gustafson is Professor of Government at Georgetown University and Executive Director of IHS Markit. His books include Crisis amid Plenty: The Politics of Soviet Energy under Brezhnev and Gorbachev, Capitalism Russian-Style, and Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia.

Awards & Accolades

An Energy Reporters Top Ten Book on Energy History, Policy and Geopolitics, 2019

A Time “9 Books That Can Help You Understand Russia Right Now” Selection, 2017

A Foreign Affairs Best Book on Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics, 2012

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