Reviews for Zhirinovsky: An Insider's Account of Yeltsin's Chief Rival & Bespredel-The New Russian Roulette

The average rating for Zhirinovsky: An Insider's Account of Yeltsin's Chief Rival & Bespredel-The New Russian Roulette based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-05-26 00:00:00 Timothy Prade Very little about Zhirinovsky, and a lot of Kartsev's own opinions of the state of Russia back then. It feels more like a hack job quickly put together out of their past professional acquaintance, media clippings (particularly Russian emigré press in the US), and some third party interviews. It might have had illustrative value back in 1994, but it is only of anecdotical interest for the specialist today, who will find an interesting bibliography nevertheless.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-10-13 00:00:00 Leo Curtis One of the best academic works on Zhou Enlai. Reliably soursed and narrated in a balanced account. If only it could cover Zhou Enlai's later years...