Creating the Post-Soviet Russian Market Economy: Through American Eyes [Hardcover]

Introduction  1.The Permeable Iron Curtain as Prelude: Citizen Diplomacy and American Soviet Joint Ventures  2.US Government Aid Programs: Supporting the Transition to a Market Economy and Promoting Civil Society  3.Privatization and Capital Markets with an American Twist  4.New Russian Private Sector: Russia Adopts, Adapts and Integrates  5.Russia Turning Away from the West: What Americans Thought, What Americans Misunderstood, and What Remains

It will be an invaluable resource for students of international relations, Russian studies majors, researchers, and members of the general public who are trying to understand the evolution of the current antagonism between the US and Russia.

Daniel Satinsky has made an important contribution to one of the great stories of our times  the emergence of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the nations white-knuckle transition of Cold War relics into the institutions of modern democracy and capitalism. Satinsky delivers a thoroughly researched and highly readable account of Americas role in the modernization of Russia, and the extraordinary cast of US academics, bankers, business executives, companies and everyday citizens who played a part. Creating the Post-Soviet Market Economy: Through American Eyes is a deeply compelling read for anyone interested in exploring the real story behind the historical significance and high drama of that time, and for understanding the complicated and fascinating mechanics of modernizing a country.

Boris Jordan, International Businessman, and founder of Renaissance Capital