![]() ![]() ![]() Masha Gessen is a brilliant writer whose prose is fluid, engaging and never dry.The Future Is History is for anyone who wants to understand the origins of Russia’s present-day totalitarianism. ![]() Masha Gessen brilliantly shows how Vladimir Putin succeeded in erasing all traces of democracy from Russian history while paradoxically claiming to be its saviour how ubiquitous propaganda has turned ordinary citizens into willing accomplices in their own destruction and how those still committed to freedom are fighting back – risking everything … This important book captures what it feels like for someone born after communism who wants her country back. It is a book about memory and forgetting, using the past to understand the present – and ultimately, to predict the future. The Future Is History is a gripping and harrowing account of Russia’s slide back into totalitarianism, told through the stories of four young Russians who witnessed the rise of Putinism first-hand. ![]()
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