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Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America Hardcover – July 27, 2021
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Rebekah Koffler came to America as a young woman. After 9/11, she joined the Defense Intelligence Agency, devoting her career to protecting her new country. Now she reveals in chilling detail Putin’s long-range plan—his “playbook”—to weaken and subdue the United States, preparing for the war that he believes is inevitable.
With the insight of a native, Koffler explains how Russians, formed by centuries of war-torn history, understand the world and their national destiny. The collapse of the Soviet empire, which Putin experienced as a vulnerable KGB agent in East Germany, was a catastrophic humiliation. Seeing himself as the modern “Czar Vladimir” of a unique Slavic nation at war with the West, he is determined to restore Russia to its place as a great power.
Koffler’s analysis is enriched by her deeply personal account of her life in the Soviet Union. Devoted to her adopted homeland but concerned about the complacency of her fellow citizens, she appreciates American freedoms as only a survivor of totalitarianism can. An opportunity to view ourselves and the world through the eyes of our adversary, Putin’s Playbook is a rare and compelling testimony that we ignore at our peril.
- Print length432 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRegnery Gateway
- Publication dateJuly 27, 2021
- Dimensions6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101684510031
- ISBN-13978-1684510030
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“Putin’s Playbook is an intriguing and informative read for those interested in peeking into the Kremlin’s motivations and wartime strategies. Koffler deliberately warns not to underestimate Russians’ deep-rooted anger over our nation’s moral assertiveness and how Putin’s animosity can escalate into war. A frightening, eye-opening prediction for U.S.-Russian relations, Putin’s Playbook will make readers see the urgency of developing a counterstrategy to the brilliance of Putin’s playbook.” —NEWT GINGRICH, former Speaker of the House of Representatives
“When the Soviet Union suddenly ceased to exist in 1991, a mortal threat to America appeared to disappear. What didn’t disappear was the ‘counterintelligence state’ that the Bolsheviks created in 1917. In the face of a feckless thirty-year American post-Soviet policy, the hard men of the KGB, successors to the totalitarian secret police, simply expropriated the wealth and remaining power of Russia. Predictably, Putin’s Russia created an American enemy where there was none. With a clear head and the sharp eye of a senior intelligence analyst, Rebekah Koffler details the ominous threat we now face.” —KENNETH deGRAFFENREID, former senior director of intelligence programs, President Reagan’s National Security Council
About the Author
Born and raised in the Soviet Union, Rebekah came to America as a young woman. After 9/11, she joined the Defense Intelligence Agency, devoting her career to protecting her new country. Now she reveals in chilling detail Putin’s long-range plan— his “playbook”—to weaken and subdue the United States, preparing for the war that he believes is inevitable.
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- Publisher : Regnery Gateway (July 27, 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 432 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1684510031
- ISBN-13 : 978-1684510030
- Item Weight : 3.53 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #202,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #59 in Russian & Soviet Politics
- #235 in European Politics Books
- #294 in Political Intelligence
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About the author
Rebekah Koffler, is a Russian-born U.S. intelligence expert who served as a Russian Doctrine & Strategy specialist in the Defense Intelligence Agency. Working with the DIA and the CIA's National Clandestine Service, she has led "red" teams during war-games and advised senior Pentagon officials. She has delivered classified briefings to top U.S. military commanders, NATO ministers, the directors of the CIA and DIA, the White House National Security Council, and senior congressional staff. In her post-public service career, Rebekah is a writer and national security commentator whose work has been published on the Fox News website, The Hill, the Daily Caller, the New York Post, and the Washington Times. She has appeared on Fox News, One America News, News Nation Now, Newsmax TV, and the Sean Hannity nationally syndicated radio show.
Born and raised in the Soviet Union, Rebekah came to America as a young woman. After 9/11, she joined the Defense Intelligence Agency, devoting her career to protecting her new country. Now she reveals in chilling detail Putin’s long-range plan— his “playbook”—to weaken and subdue the United States, preparing for the war that he believes is inevitable.
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Big mistake. With the war on Ukraine, I decided to read Putin's Playbook and was rather shocked with what I read. I knew Putin was aggressive and scrupulous, but did not realize how desperate he is to bring Ukraine back in the Russian sphere, or reestablish the Russian Empire. I did not realize the extent that Russian cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns are damaging American industry and exacerbating divisions in American politics. I did not realize Russia has a new generation of fighters and missiles and anti-satellite weapons that can inflict serious pain on the West, asymmetric warfare or not. I did not realize how dangerous their strategy of managed escalation can be to intimidate Western powers, especially timid politicians like Joe Biden. I did not realize how Putin and many Russians view war with America as inevitable, and as Koffler puts it, see peace as war by other means.
This was an essential book that I hated reading, but had to read. Koffler spices the book up by weaving in the story of her career with the Defense Intelligence Agency, which went brilliantly until a dramatic and unfortunate end....read the book to understand what happened.
And read the book to wise up like I did on Russia and Putin and as a concerned citizen, focus on how America can counter this dangeroous and evil foe.
that was born and lived under communism. She has the experience to write and say exactly what is happening in USA. Besides she was an intelligence officer for the USA government. Thanks to her parents advice she migrated to freedom in USA.
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To read that she was ejected from her role despite support from her superiors and peers within that intelligence “troika” makes me think that it will be a long time before the US follows the five pieces of advice given in the epilogue to this book.
I have learned a vast amount from this book.
I put up with the repetition in various chapters, the seeing of Trump as a good president simply because he made good military decisions and the author’s inability to see the difference between socialism and communism.
Many democratic countries have socialist benefits for their citizens without any fear of them becoming communist.
Bravo to author for courage.