The Economist's Edward Lucas seeks help in promoting his new book, due to be published in February 2008:
THE NEW COLD WAR: How the Kremlin Menaces Russia and the West
Not to be confused with Mark MacKinnon's book, published earlier this year:
THE NEW COLD WAR: Revolutions, Rigged Elections, and Pipeline Politics in the Former Soviet Union
They should sign a few copies for the Kremlin!
ReplyDeleteHow about calling it "The Other Cold War" or "Cold War 2" or some other similiarly silly and anxiety inspiring title.
ReplyDeleteI find such "analysis" of relations between the US/West and Russia to be extremely simple-minded. I suppose that is what sells books to most Americans.
Lucas is a good writer though, who seems, from my western point of view, to have something to say about eastern Europe. He has a regular column in the European Voice, which is owned by the Economist and has a certain free-market promoting point of view, but it's a good column all the same.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen Lucas write anything that wasn't an attempt to portray Russia or the former Soviet Union in a distorted and negative light.
ReplyDeleteCertainly, there are negative stories to write about in those countries. But beating the old cliches and distorting realities to reinforce a certain political agenda is tiresome and boring. Everything I've ever seen from Edward Lucas puts him in that category.