PUTLER: How Russia Rebuilt Fascism and Why the World Is Repeating the 1930s. Stanley Quintrell, Maxym Karpenko

Putler is a political autopsy of a modern dictatorship — and a warning written in real time.
This book traces how Vladimir Putin’s regime was constructed step by step: through manufactured legitimacy, controlled elections, elimination of rivals, internal propaganda, and the revival of a revanchist imperial ideology disturbingly similar to that of Nazi Germany.
It shows how aggression was normalized — and rewarded.
From the seizure of Crimea to the destruction of Donbas, from MH17 to full-scale war against Ukraine, Putler reveals how the international system failed not once, but repeatedly. Sanctions came late. Warnings were ignored. Appeasement was disguised as diplomacy.
This is not only a book about Russia. It is about:
how propaganda replaces reality
how dehumanization precedes genocide
how dictators test the world’s limits — and expand when no one stops them
how weakness invites escalation
Drawing direct historical parallels with the 1930s, the book examines:
the rise of a personal dictatorship
the psychology of tyranny
the myth of strength versus the reality of decay
nuclear blackmail and hybrid warfare
the West’s chronic inability to enforce its own rules
Ukraine stands at the center of this story — not as a regional conflict, but as the frontline of a global reckoning.
Putler argues that history is not repeating itself by accident.
It is repeating because the same mistakes are being made — denial, delay, and the hope that evil can be negotiated into moderation.
This book is for readers who want to understand:
why this war happened
why it did not stop earlier
and what happens next if the world continues to pretend
Dictators are never stopped by words.
Only by consequences.