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Is Vladimir Putin nuts? Has he drunk too much Russian vodka? Does he truly hate America? Do the people he presides over truly hate America? This book analyzes modern anti-Americanism in Russia during the era of Vladimir Putin. The main objective is to evaluate Vladimir Putin''s anti-Americanism and the domestic political implications of Putinist anti-Americanism within Russia.Contents:Putin''s Evolving Anti-AmericanismPutin''s Hybrid-authoritarian MachineImplications of Russians'' Anti-Americanism Putin''s Early History Early Life and College Into the Shadows: Putin in the KGB and the Case for a Long Term Cognitive Predisposition Yeltsin EraPutin in the Aftermath of CollapseRussia and the West in the 1990s: U.S. As an Inadvertent Contributor to PutinistAnti-americanismNATOBalkansEconomic Collapse and the Absence of U.S. AidPutin: A Sudden Thrust Into the LimelightPutin''s Short-lived Premiership and Acting Presidency Crisis in Chechnya Presidential Election of 2000 Putin''s First Presidency Integrate Into or With the West… or Neither? The Attacks of 9/11 and the AftermathBrotherly Love: Putin and Bush Iraq and a Sudden Turn Against America? Putin''s Second Presidency Shift From the West America Inadvertently Plays Into Putin''s Hand The Future of U.S. Unilateralism Western Turn by Former Constituent StatesCritical Reciprocity? Attack on Those Who Criticize Him President to Puppet Master and Back Again: Putin''s Recent Premiership and Return to the Presidency Georgia The Obama-Medvedev Reset: Short Lived or DOA? The 2012 Election and Putin''s Third Term Russian Anti-Americanism: The Man, the Machine, and the Nation The Russian Connection: Anti-Americanism and the Putin-state-polity Link Anti-Americanism''s Role in the Future of Russian–American Relations Most Recent EventsHow Can America Cope?

"Weapon of Choice" presents a history of the U.S. Army special operations forces in Afghanistan from 11 September 2001 to 15 May 2002, during America''s global war on terrorism. The purpose of the book is not to resolve Army special operations doctrinal issues, to clarify or update military definitions, or to be the "definitive" history of the continuing unconventional war in Afghanistan. The purpose is to demonstrate how the war to drive the Taliban from power, help Afghan people, and assist the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) rebuild the country afterward was successfully accomplished by majors, captains, warrant officers, and sergeants on tactical teams and aircrews at the lowest levels.Contents: Prelude to TerrorAwakening the Giant"Subdue Without Fighting"Developing the SOF CampaignTop Draft ChoicesCommitted to Middle East ExercisesCivil Affairs to Islamabad, PakistanSite Coordination With the Uzbeks at Karshi KanabadUncorking the Bottled AirliftToppling the Taliban in Afghanistan, 19 October-7 December 2001Jumping Into the DarkShowing American Power"Look, We Have to Get the Special Forces Teams Into Afghanistan!"On Horseback With DostumA "Bump" and Missiles in the Abyss500 Afghans Can Die, But Not One American Can Be InjuredAl-Qaeda Uprising—Qala-i-JangiThe Karzai Way to KandaharThe Campaign in Transition, 8 December 2001-28 February 2002Old Glory Flies Again in KabulTaking Down al-Qaeda at the Mir Wais HospitalPolitics, War, and RapportEnd of Mission—Aerial Resupply in AfghanistanThe New WarEntering the ValleyD-Day ANACONDA From the Viewpoint of Force Multipliers"Good Morrrrning, Afghannnnistan"Driving the Taliban From PowerTransition and Combat Operations