| Description |
354 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-338) and index. |
| Contents |
(Virtual) World War III -- Trump's beautiful laundrette -- Married to the mob -- Brighton Beach -- Honey trap -- Gangster's paradise -- The billionaire boys' club -- Mogilevich's big move -- Turn of the screw -- The money pipelines -- Easy prey -- International man of mystery -- Bayrock -- Moth, flame -- Putin's revenge -- Blood money -- War by other means -- The battle is joined -- Back channels -- Endgame -- Trump's fifty-nine Russia connections. |
| Summary |
The story begins in the 1970s, when Donald Trump made his first splash in the booming, money-drenched world of New York real estate, and ends with Trump's inauguration as president of the United States. That moment was the culmination of Vladimir Putin's long mission to undermine Western democracy, a mission that he and his hand-selected group of oligarchs and Mafia kingpins had ensnared Trump in more than twenty years ago with the massive bailout of Trump hotel and casino failures in Atlantic City. And when the Cold War ended in 1991, Trump's apartments offered the perfect vehicle for billions of dollars to leave the collapsing Soviet Union. Journalist Craig Unger traces the deep-rooted alliance between high echelon American political operatives and the biggest players in the frightening underworld of the Russian Mafia. He traces Trump's ascent from foundering real estate tycoon to leader of the free world. He traces Russia's phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the post-Cold War Soviet Union as well as its ceaseless covert efforts to retaliate against the West and reclaim its status as a global superpower. Without Trump, Russia would have lacked a key component in its attempts to return to imperial greatness. Without Russia, Trump would not be president. |
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Trump, Donald, 1946-
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Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
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Organized crime -- Russia (Federation)
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Political corruption -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Presidents -- United States -- Election.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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| Added Title |
Untold story of Donald Trump and the Russian mafia |
| ISBN |
9781524743505 (hardcover) |
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152474350X (hardcover) |
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