Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America

Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America

by Rebekah Koffler
Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America

Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America

by Rebekah Koffler

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Overview

With a new introduction about the crisis in Ukraine.

Putin’s Playbook is urgently essential reading. A former U.S. intelligence specialist who was born and raised in the Soviet Union explains what Vladimir Putin wants and how he plans to get it. Russia’s ruler is following a carefully devised plan to defeat the United States.

Rebekah Koffler came to America as a young woman. After 9/11, she joined the Defense Intelligence Agency, devoting her career to protecting her new country. Now she reveals in chilling detail Putin’s long-range plan—his “playbook”—to weaken and subdue the United States, preparing for the war that he believes is inevitable.

With the insight of a native, Koffler explains how Russians, formed by centuries of war-torn history, understand the world and their national destiny. The collapse of the Soviet empire, which Putin experienced as a vulnerable KGB agent in East Germany, was a catastrophic humiliation. Seeing himself as the modern “Czar Vladimir” of a unique Slavic nation at war with the West, he is determined to restore Russia to its place as a great power.

Koffler’s analysis is enriched by her deeply personal account of her life in the Soviet Union. Devoted to her adopted homeland but concerned about the complacency of her fellow citizens, she appreciates American freedoms as only a survivor of totalitarianism can. An opportunity to view ourselves and the world through the eyes of our adversary, Putin’s Playbook is a rare and compelling testimony that we ignore at our peril.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781684513741
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 07/26/2022
Pages: 432
Sales rank: 627,437
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

REBEKAH KOFFLER is a Russian-born U.S. intelligence expert who served as a Russian Doctrine & Strategy specialist in the Defense Intelligence Agency. Working with the DIA and the CIA's National Clandestine Service, she has led "red" teams during war-games and advised senior Pentagon officials. She has delivered classified briefings to top U.S. military commanders, NATO ministers, the directors of the CIA and DIA, the White House National Security Council, and senior congressional staff. In her post-public service career, Rebekah is a writer and national security commentator whose work has been published on the Fox News website, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Hill, the New York Post, Real Clear Politics, Real Clear Defense, the Daily Caller, and the Washington Times. She has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Nation, and the Sean Hannity nationally syndicated radio show.



Born and raised in the Soviet Union, Rebekah came to America as a young woman. After 9/11, she joined the Defense Intelligence Agency, devoting her career to protecting her new country. Now she reveals in chilling detail Putin’s long-range plan— his “playbook”—to weaken and subdue the United States, preparing for the war that he believes is inevitable.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Paperback Edition xi

Author's Note xvii

Author's Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book xix

Prologue: Why Can't We Be Friends? xliii

Chapter 1 Russia's War on America 1

Chapter 2 Putin's Wish List: America's Nightmare 29

Chapter 3 Russia Organizes for War 67

Chapter 4 Putin's Star Wars: Lasers, Jammers, and Satellite Killers 103

Chapter 5 Cyber Weapons: Waging War on U.S. Networks and American Minds 127

Chapter 6 Spies and Disruptors: Infiltrating America 155

Chapter 7 Active Measures: Subversion, Election Sabotage, and Assassinations 185

Chapter 8 Putin's Military Option: Things That Go Bang 251

Epilogue 283

Acknowledgments 315

Notes 317

Index 381

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