Russian Roulette

The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump

De: Michael Isikoff, David Corn

Narrado por: Peter Ganim

The incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency.

"Russian Roulette is...the most thorough and riveting account." -- The New York Times

Russian Roulette is a story of political skullduggery unprecedented in American history. It weaves together tales of international intrigue, cyber espionage, and superpower rivalry. After U.S.-Russia relations soured, as Vladimir Putin moved to reassert Russian strength on the global stage, Moscow trained its best hackers and trolls on U.S. political targets and exploited WikiLeaks to disseminate information that could affect the 2016 election.

The Russians were wildly successful and the great break-in of 2016 was no "third-rate burglary." It was far more sophisticated and sinister -- a brazen act of political espionage designed to interfere with American democracy. At the end of the day, Trump, the candidate who pursued business deals in Russia, won. And millions of Americans were left wondering, what the hell happened? This story of high-tech spying and multiple political feuds is told against the backdrop of Trump's strange relationship with Putin and the curious ties between members of his inner circle -- including Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn -- and Russia.

Russian Roulette chronicles and explores this bizarre scandal, explains the stakes, and answers one of the biggest questions in American politics: How and why did a foreign government infiltrate the country's political process and gain influence in Washington?

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"Two of the best and most accomplished investigative reporters of their generation, two of the best investigative reporters we have in this country...[A] superpower reporting team."—Rachel Maddow

"RUSSIAN ROULETTE is...the most thorough and riveting account."—The New York Times

"RUSSIAN ROULETTE performs an important service in tracing how establishment Washington...came to understand that what Russia was (and reportedly is still) up to was not routine espionage...[RUSSIAN ROULETTE] is engaging, smart."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 18.0px Georgia; color: #111111; -webkit-text-stroke: #111111}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}The Washington Post

"[RUSSIAN ROULETTE] does an outstanding job of putting the Russia-Trump story into context, separating rumor from fact and adding new information...A smart, solid, even-handed book that future historians will use as a starting point."—Booklist (starred review)

"Riveting."—Newsweek

Interesting book

This is a very in depth and interesting book. It clearly lays out the time lines for Trump and company's involvement with Russia in a very easy to understand way.

Must Read to finding out the truth

I enjoy listening to this book . You put the whole story from where it first started until today . Anyone that doesn’t understand why or what happened please read this book .

The authors have done their homework

With news cycles lasting 12 hours at most, it is great to hear a book so thoroughly researched. Information the USA national news is unable to cover because of the multitude of scandals daily with this administration. This book is able to concisely and chronologically put this plethora of information in a easy to understand narrative.

Russian Roulette

Interesting and informative book that seems to explain things. Good read for those who are out of the loop.

Just The Facts

A very factual presentation of the Russian Cyber Attack on the 2016 Presidential Election and Trumps response.

Historical Revelations

The book reveals historical regulations that call for political changes in America and new International social media laws.

Living History and truth is stranger than fiction.

This is a read or and weep story. This needs to get out to more than just the choir and I hope better minds than I will figure out a way to make that happen.

a very sobering story

a true story of how a
reality TV star got to be president of the United States with the help of Vladimir Putin and his cronies

Disturbing Recap of Trump’s Russia Ties

If you have been following news of the Russian hacking of the 2016 election, there will be few surprises in this book.

It is still disturbing to have all the incredible details carefully laid out. It makes you realize how numb you may have become to just how dangerous the Trump presidency is.

It is told well and the research is comprehensive. We should all be concerned about the number of former Russian diplomats and intelligence workers who have died of unexpected heart attacks and gun shot wounds. What is clear from this book is that the malevolent force of Putin has at the least a great friend in Trump, and probably a sworn ally.

Other facts remain such as the great lengths Kushner went to in order to get a secret line of communication from Trump to Putin (that the US NSA could not intercept) days and weeks before he forgot all about having contact with any foreigners. The possibility that Kushner was not lying, on oath, ends up at zero.

They Did a Bad, Bad Thing.

"They Did a Bad, Bad Thing. They Did a Bad, Bad Thing." This is a comprehensive look at the years leading up to the US 2016 election. The fibers running through the Drumpf campaign are long and deep. The FSB, GRU and Russian military intelligence was in bed with a huge number of the Drumpf circle while they were actively hacking the US election.

The narration is really good. It might have been better if, when reading the Drumpf quotes, the voice had gone to a loose-dentured, manic, demented, syphilitic whine...but it will do. It's also refreshing to hear someone that knows how to pronounce the word "Moz-coe." Since intellectual Rachel Maddow can't seem to figure it out.

The information is detailed and rich and puts all the players on the stage. It makes clear why Manafort brought no defense to the trial. If he spills the beans, he gets the poison 'tea.' Roger Stone and Steve Bannon are total tools and Russian puppets. Kushner, DJTJ, Conway...they were all playing Russia's game.

The Obama administration totally dropped the ball and blew the entire opportunity. The only person who had this situation dialed in was HRC, she was the only one knew from the get go that Putin was orchestrating an attack on American elections. No wonder why Putin attacked her, she was the only one with balls enough to stand up to his BS.

Bring on the peepee tape and end this national disgrace.