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Who is this Vladimir Putin? Who is this man who suddenly--overnight and without warning--was handed the reigns of power to one of the most complex, formidable, and volatile countries in the world? How can we trust him if we dont know him? First Person is an intimate, candid portrait of the man who holds the future of Russia in his grip. An extraordinary compilation of over 24 hours of in-depth interviews and remarkable photographs, it delves deep into Putins KGB past and explores his meteoric rise to power. No Russian leader has ever subjected himself to this kind of public examination of his life and views. Both as a spy and as a virtual political unknown until selected by Boris Yeltsin to be Prime Minister, Putin has been regarded as man of mystery. Now, the curtain lifts to reveal a remarkable life of struggles and successes. Putins life story is of major importance to the world.**Amazon.com ReviewThe product of six interviews conducted by Russian journalists (and translated into English by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick), First Person is a book-length Q&A session in which Russian president Vladimir Putin discusses his childhood, his life as a spy, and his surprisingly rapid rise as a politician in the 1990s. Parts of this unusual autobiography are plainly banal (he weighs 165 pounds and likes beer), but interspersed throughout are candid comments by one of the worlds most powerful men. Putin admits that he didnt know much about Stalins violent purges in the 1930s when he joined the KGB (I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education). He also scolds Soviet leaders for the invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia during the cold war These were major mistakes. And the Russophobia that we see in Eastern Europe today is the fruit of those mistakes. At another point, he expresses frustration with some of the things critics have said about him Why have they made up so much about me? Its complete nonsense! On the war in Chechnya, he is predictably defensive I was convinced that if we didnt stop the extremists right away, wed be facing a second Yugoslavia on the entire territory of the Russian Federation--the Yugoslavization of Russia.... We are not attacking. We are defending ourselves. Theres also an interview with his wife, who, when asked if her husband ever gets drunk, responds There hasnt been any of that. (After Yeltsin, this is apparently of concern to Russians.) The interviewers also ask her whether he ever looks at other women. She replies with a question of her own, intriguingly Well, what sort of man would he be, if he werent attracted by beautiful women? But Putin is, appropriately, the main show. Readers interested in Russian politics will want to review the final pages closely, as the president discourses on contemporary topics. Confronted with tough questions about Russias treatment of a journalist who filed negative stories about Chechnya, Putin says, We interpret freedom of expression in different ways. Thats a KGB man talking--and yet another reason Putin is worth watching. --John J. MillerFrom Publishers Weekly Prior to his sudden rise to the Russian presidency, Putin was virtually a mystery this transcript of recent interviews goes a long way toward filling the blanks in his past. In eight chapters of q&a, punctuated with anecdotes from friends and family members, Putin recounts his boyhood in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad), the three years he spent as a KGB intelligence officer in Dresden, his return to the collapsed USSR and decision to enter politics and, finally, the day Boris Yeltsin asked him to take up the Kremlin reins. In Russia, this slim volume surfaced quickly during the brief interim between Yeltsins resignation and the March elections. But rather than focusing on his political views and ideology, the interviewers devote the bulk of the text to Putins biography--an indication of just how unknown the new Russian president is to his constituency. And the book succeeds in humanizing the uncharismatic politician. Through his childhood memories, readers learn that the gaunt, stoic man in the newsreels was once a spunky teen cruising the streets of Leningrad in search of girls and judo matches and dreaming of being a Soviet secret agent. Putin, it would seem, was just the socialist boy-next-door, or, in his own unironic words a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education. The question he leaves unanswered is how does such an ordinary and unassuming guy find himself the president of Russia in an era of unabashed political intrigue? (May) 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This complete guide to setting up and running a TCPIP network is essential for network administrators, and invaluable for users of home systems that access the Internet. The book starts with the fundamentals -- what protocols do and how they work, how addresses and routing are used to move data through the network, how to set up your network connection -- and then covers, in detail, everything you need to know to exchange information via the Internet.Included are discussions on advanced routing protocols (RIPv2, OSPF, and BGP) and the gated software package that implements them, a tutorial on configuring important network services -- including DNS, Apache, sendmail, Samba, PPP, and DHCP -- as well as expanded chapters on troubleshooting and security. TCPIP Network Administration is also a command and syntax reference for important packages such as gated, pppd, named, dhcpd, and sendmail.With coverage that includes Linux, Solaris, BSD, and System V TCPIP implementations, the third edition containsullOverview of TCPIPllDelivering the datallNetwork servicesllGetting startedMllBasic configurationllConfiguring the interfacellConfiguring routingllConfiguring DNSllConfiguring network serversllConfiguring sendmailllConfiguring ApachellNetwork securityllTroubleshootingllAppendices include dip, ppd, and chat reference, a gated reference, a dhcpd reference, and a sendmail referencelulThis new edition includes ways of configuring Samba to provide file and print sharing on networks that integrate Unix and Windows, and a new chapter is dedicated to the important task of configuring the Apache web server. Coverage of network security now includes details on OpenSSH, stunnel, gpg, iptables, and the access control mechanism in xinetd. Plus, the book offers updated information about DNS, including details on BIND 8 and BIND 9, the role of classless IP addressing and network prefixes, and the changing role of registrars.Without a doubt, TCPIP Network Administration, 3rd Edition is a must-have for all network administrators and anyone who deals with a network that transmits data over the Internet.Amazon.com ReviewThis book will be indispensable to Unix system administrators. It describes how to set up and administer a network of Unix systems using the TCPIP protocols, taking a thoroughly practical approach. Topics covered include basic system configuration, routing, common network applications, and many others. ReviewA good book to get to grips with TCPIP, providing good foundations. - Jon Kent, Linux Format, October 2002
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