This is a book that is fascinating life about the realities of living in the Soviet Union by a man who was in some very interesting places when Josef Stalin and a few other dictators were running the place. Dr. Tesler has the unique skill of making a boring subject like economics fascinating. Someone reading this book will find that in his unique ability to economize on words, he can supply an abundance of incredible information. This is a book every student studying World History should read.
This is not a book about Vladimir Putin but it is a book about the groundwork in which he functioned before he got involved in big time politics. The governmental seeds that were sown in Russia when Dr. Tesler was getting out of the Soviet Union may well be finding growth in Mr. Putin’s timberland in which he seemingly enjoys the hunt.