Science at 12

Prof. Dr. Manfred Hildermeier,
(University of Göttingen)

The backward great power. Russia and the West

Since Peter the Great and his forced westernization of Russia, a deeply ambivalent
relationship with the West has run through Russian history: the West as a role model and the West as an enemy. The
renowned Russian historian Manfred Hildermeier recounts the long history
of this difficult relationship in his well-founded book and thus also offers a key to understanding the belligerent policies
of Vladimir Putin in the present day. (Publisher Beck)