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The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev (1st Edition) by Daniel S. Treisman Hardcover, 544 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 1-4165-6071-8 / 1416560718 ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-6071-5 / 9781416560715 Russia has long been a source of puzzlement— and sometimes alarm—for Western observers. Since shaking off communism two decades ago, the country has seemed wobbly at best, thoroughly corrupt and threatening at worst. But in recent years, as noted scholar Daniel Treisman shows in this compelling acco |