500-750 words

Please write a summary of “Russian Soft Power: Hard Power in a Velvet Glove” in Putin’s Propaganda Machine: Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy by Marcel H. Van Herpen. (Do not use any other resources. Just do the summary about this article. )

A good summary should be comprehensive, brief, accurate, neutral and independent. You need to briefly convey the important information in the text, using your own words. You may use direct quotations only sparingly. Be sure not to include your own opinions and judgments. Your job is to summarize, not to analyze. Do not include information from other sources (documentary about the Russian revolution, your own knowledge, other print or internet sources). You may refer to the author throughout the summary: “Van Herpen asserts,” “Van Herpen states…” etc.

Please follow this organizational model:

Title

1. Intro:
2. Introduce the source text (name of author, title of book and title of chapter)
3. Briefly explain the topic of the chapter
4. Thesis: a paraphrase of the author’s thesis

1. Body Paragraphs: You must decide how to best divide up the reading
2. Include all important information in the text. What are the most important concepts? What are the most important historical events explained here?

III. Conclusion: The summary doesn’t have an official conclusion. You will end with your last body paragraph.