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After stepping outside her traditional academic genre into the realm of [[biography]], Cambridge University Press refused to publish her book on [[Vladimir Putin]]  citing the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[libel]] laws.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-book-shelved-mafia-ties/25321062.html</ref> The book was picked up by Simon & Schuster and published exclusively in the [[United States]]. Critics panned the book for sloppy research.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/04/karen-dawisha-s-putin-book-blocked-by-british-libel-laws.html</ref><ref>https://www.economist.com/eastern-approaches/2014/04/03/a-book-too-far</ref><ref>https://deceptioninhighplaces.com/review-of-putins-kleptocracy-by-karen-dawisha/</ref>  Critics cite the main problem is the quality of the evidence which she describes as "the results of investigative journalism in the United States, Britain, Germany, Finland, France, and Italy, and all of this was backed by extensive interviews with Western officials who served in Moscow and St. Petersburg…and... the dump of nonredacted cables from [[Wikileaks]] is a very regrettable but also a completely fascinating source of information."<ref>pp.11-12.</ref>  There is almost no discussion about the quality of the sources when many very serious claims about individuals are made.

After stepping outside her traditional academic genre into the realm of [[biography]], Cambridge University Press refused to publish her book on [[Vladimir Putin]]  citing the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[libel]] laws.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-book-shelved-mafia-ties/25321062.html</ref> The book was picked up by Simon & Schuster and published exclusively in the [[United States]]. Critics panned the book for sloppy research.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/04/karen-dawisha-s-putin-book-blocked-by-british-libel-laws.html</ref><ref>https://www.economist.com/eastern-approaches/2014/04/03/a-book-too-far</ref><ref>https://deceptioninhighplaces.com/review-of-putins-kleptocracy-by-karen-dawisha/</ref>  Critics cite the main problem is the quality of the evidence which she describes as "the results of investigative journalism in the United States, Britain, Germany, Finland, France, and Italy, and all of this was backed by extensive interviews with Western officials who served in Moscow and St. Petersburg…and... the dump of nonredacted cables from [[Wikileaks]] is a very regrettable but also a completely fascinating source of information."<ref>pp.11-12.</ref>  There is almost no discussion about the quality of the sources when many very serious claims about individuals are made.

== Academic works ==

== Academic works ==