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Introduction Part I: and the Curse of Chapter 1: Despotism and the Quest for Chapter 2: Comparing Western and Russian Legitimation Theories for Chapter 3: Putin and the End of Russian Empire Fatigue Chapter 4: Putin's Grand Design Chapter 5: The Eurasian Union: Putin's Newest Imperial Project Part II: The Internal Chapter 6: as a Pluralist One-Party State Chapter 7: Preaching the Ultranationalist Gospel: The Transformation of United Russia Chapter 8: The Nashi: Fascist Blackshirts or a New Komsomol? Chapter 9: Send in the Cossacks Part III: The Wheels of War Chapter 10: Three Lost Wars: From Afghanistan to the First Chechen War Chapter 11: The Mysterious Apartment Bombings: Detonator of the Second Chechen War Chapter 12: The Second Chechen War: Putin's War Chapter 13: The War with Georgia, Part I: A Premeditated Russian Aggression Chapter 14: The War with Georgia, Part II: Six Events Announcing the Kremlin's Preparation for War Chapter 15: The War with Georgia, Part III: The Propaganda War Chapter 16: Conclusion Bibliography
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