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 enlarge | Author: Misha Glenny
Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £20.00
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 416
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 1.9
ISBN: 0224075039
EAN: 9780224075039
ASIN: 0224075039
Publication Date: April 3, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Disturbing but enlightening April 3, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Living in a 'nice', law abiding country like the UK it's easy to be ignorant of, or turn a blind eye to the darker side of life that most people on earth have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
My wife is Russian and her family lived through the collapse of the USSR and the period they refer to as 'The Lawless Times' in the early 90s. Speaking to them about it brings home just how tough you had to be to survive back then, and it's no surprise that some people rose to the top to fill the vaccuum left when the forces of law and order collapsed.
Tough people took what they could, weaker people suffered - along with their families. We're now living with the consequences of this collapse and the following rise of criminal gangs to the size multi-national corporations.
This book covers much more than the collapse of the communist states, and shows how the networks of criminality have linked up across continents and become powerful, sophisticated money making machines that thrive on the suffering of others.
Eye opening and a little frightening, this book will change your perspective on the world and will help you understand how the 'nice' countries like ours are the ones that have made these enormous empires possible through things like our demand for recreational drugs and sex with foreign prostitutes.
very well written and highly recommended.
Alarming and intriging March 31, 2008
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
An excellent expose and account of what is happening in our world today.
We are all culpable and this is the frightening part. Read the book to see why and how. It's very well researched, and has the quality of a first rate thriller.
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