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Putin's Praetorians: Confessions of the Top Kremlin Trolls Paperback – October 24, 2017
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Print length288 pages
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Publication dateOctober 24, 2017
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- Publisher : Pamil Visions (October 24, 2017)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 3981891902
- ISBN-13 : 978-3981891904
- Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.65 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,131,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #994 in Russian & Soviet Politics
- #4,901 in Political Commentary & Opinion
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About the author
Phil Butler is a digital, media, and geopolitical analyst, who was first influential in the Web technology space. After joining a prominent digital public relations firm in Germany, Pamil Visions PR, he became an influencer on internet media relations.
As a digital analyst and futurist, Butler examined and advised major web-based companies on leveraging online traditional and social media. His work during this time enabled technology startup companies to achieve success in a highly competitive market, providing forward-looking marketing services that promoted them to better understand the digital media landscape. As a result of his work in this field, Butler helped develop some of the most successful digital PR and marketing strategies.
At the onset of the new “media war” in between the United States and EU actors, Butler served as an analyst to help independent media better understand the tools being arrayed against Russia and all opponents to the globalist narrative. A sought-after media analyst and speaker, Butler has been a guest on RTTV, Russia One TV, NTV Russia, and a cited authority by dozens of other major independent media outlets worldwide.
He now lives on the Island of Crete in Greece with his wife Mihaela, and their young son Paul-Jules.
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Demonization of one’s opponent is an old game taught in a 101 course in public relations. Focus group studies have verified that, absent knowing any of the facts, the public will tend to believe an alleged victim simply out of affiliation, as they would want people to believe them when making charges. The party being attacked, again without knowing anything about the dispute, is deemed to be questionable in his denial because, if he were guilty, that would be expected.
We find ourselves now in an international media war, where the powerful are attempting to protect themselves from exposure of their fake-news deeds via a take-no-prisoners offensive on alternative media, by singling out old and rising stars for special treatment by demonizing their message, if not their character.
Our author Mr. Butler explains how journalists who have challenged the West’s assault on an emerging Russia are being attacked as Russian trolls, not because Russia is a military threat as claimed, but because it will not accept the place the major western powers would like to assign it, that of a cooperative colony of the West.
Putin not only blocked this attempt, but saved the Russian economy to the extent where it became a major trade partner with the EU where it enjoyed a trade surplus with Moscow in the 110-billion USD per year range, which covered most of the EU’s Russian energy imports, a great deal for both. Even former President George W. Bush played up his buddy Vladimir Putin relationship in the years after 9-11.
Phil Butler was uniquely suited to write this book, not only for the fire in his belly, but due to his being an early adopter of social medial platforms and an expert PR analyst, He has watched social media turn into the digital ground-zero of today’s battle for the hearts and minds of the influential internet audience.
In his first book he has selected a handful of others who have been on the front lines of this battle to share their experiences with you. We are at a watershed moment in this digital age because we see the storm clouds gathering to eliminate dissenting views, especially the ones that most skillfully expose the corruption taking place in media.
This is the civil rights battle of the digital media generation, where journalists are targeted for registration as virtual enemy agents. We all need to fight back now while it is still legal to do it.
Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor, VeteransToday.com
Decades passed, the USSR fell and most of us saw Russia as a defeated people. We no longer feared Russia, but the hate never left. For some reason hating a white, conservative Christian people still seemed correct. I know that Pat Buchanan is not considered a PUTIN PRAETORIAN, but he is a conservative (not a NeoCon) writer that I have always trusted. I had never been to RT, never read Pepe Escobar and never doubted American Exceptionalism. Then came the Obama/McCain/Nuland Ukraine coup in spring of 2014. Upheaval, conflicting news reports, confusion. Crimea voted and returned to Russia. I recall seeing Pat Buchanan on TV saying something to the effect...."well of course Crimea returned to Russia with Putins assistance... They are 95% Russian speakers...most consider themselves Russians...they want no part of this COUP BY THE WEST TO UNDERMINE PUTIN and Russia's influence on Ukraine."
I was shocked. What was Pat talking about? I began visiting RT and Russia Insider. Someone mentioned a book by Stephen Kinzer "OVERTHROW". I read it and was embarrassed at how little I new of REAL American history. Three years ago I found many of the PRAETORIANS .....Escobar, The Saker, Finian Cunningham, Club Orlov, Andre Veltchk, Syrian Girl, etc. And web sites like The Duran, Fort Russ, Southfront, Moon of Alabama etc. The last 3-4 years have been a sea change. A lonely sea change as rarely do I come across anyone who has ANY CLUE what I am talking about. Most Americans, like me, were indoctrinated early by myths, cliches and propaganda.
Thank you Phil Butler for putting this book together!!! It helps to see how so many others came to their SEA CHANGE. I am indebted to your fine work here Mr. Butler.
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However, important is WHAT they tell us about Russia and Putin - a welcome and refreshing side compared to the stories from the Western MSM, of whom we are somewhat tired because most of them are so unbalanced. Possibly on purpose.
Therefore, whoever takes an interest in Russia and Putin, make sure you acquire this book.
Phil Butler certainly makes his points !
For everybody interested in the information aspects of Cold War 2.0, this book is indispensable. For the casual reader, it is highly entertaining and raises a few very important questions: about fairness, about freedom, about human rights, about democracy - and about the people trying to manipulate and undermine these values while constantly trumpeting their adherence to them, while those who are trying to defend them sometimes choose strange allies in their struggle. It also raises many questions about the real significance and character of President Putin: could it be that this man is a much better democrat, under the circumstances of his country, than what he is usually being given credit for ? Is he Russia's Churchill or De Gaulle ? Or is he just the most brilliant of the 21st century autocrats, a modern version of Tsar Alexander I., that great idol and ruthless manipulator of Western European liberals and conservatives during the Napoleonic and post-Napoleonic period ? Has he perhaps a touch of both ? The modern world is a complex place, certainly not the Manichean battleground of Democracy versus Communism which was the reality of Cold War 1.0. It was this basic character of the confrontation that gave U.S. Presidents of very different character, stature and ethical probity a common and generally solid moral advantage. It made even the excesses of McCarthyism a bit more understandable, somewhat like a case of legitimate self-defence gone too far. There were certainly few exciting media in the Soviet period: it was the time when Soviet citizens used to joke that "Pravda" (literally "Truth") was so named because it contained no truth, while "Izvestija" (literally "news") owed its name to the fact that it never contained anything new. How much things have changed since that time will only be appreciated when you follow "Russia Today", "Sputnik" or "The Vineyard of the Saker" in the present information war. This is not to say that Russian media and their allies in the blogosphere never contain false information or even "fake news", they do. But their power comes much more from the true facts they are reporting than from their lies. Lies are short-legged, as the saying goes, as the information war is finally about confidence. This book needs to be read with a critical eye, but then it is a treasure trove of highly valuable facts and insight.