{"product_id":"2026200012683-secondhand-the-dragon-and-the-bear-inside-china-and-russia-today","title":"The Dragon And The Bear: Inside China And Russia Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Cold War, two communist giants stood at the centre of the world's most consequential geopolitical rivalry — and Philip Short went inside both of them. The Dragon and the Bear: Inside China and Russia Today is a landmark work of political journalism that presents an unsparing, on-the-ground account of life within the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, chronicling the inner workings of two systems that shaped the twentieth century more profoundly than any other.\n\nDrawing on his years as a BBC correspondent stationed in both Beijing and Moscow, Short constructs a vivid, authoritative portrait of two civilisations bound by ideology yet divided by history, culture, and ambition. His prose is precise and lucid, cutting through Cold War propaganda to illuminate the human realities beneath — the bureaucratic inertia, the quiet dissent, the enduring national pride. For anyone seeking to understand how these two powers came to define the modern world, this is an indispensable and quietly revelatory read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130982670555,"sku":"2026200012683-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0daa1d49-6505-4941-8004-2f1c9ca0e389.png?v=1786593627","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012683-secondhand-the-dragon-and-the-bear-inside-china-and-russia-today","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}