About the book: 2016 / Mikheil Saakashvili is a unique person who entered the same water twice. Having become an opinion leader in Georgia, in the wake of the Rose Revolution, he led this country for 10 years and changed it beyond recognition, and now he has become an opinion leader in a rapidly changing Ukraine. While serving as governor of the Odessa region, he is a politician far from being of a regional scale; he conveys his experience of radical changes to Ukraine, which is accustomed to slow-moving politicians. In the book, he talks about the history of his family, the circumstances that created the revolutionary situation in Georgia in 2003, and the arrival of his team to power and systematically sets out the essence of the radical reforms carried out in Georgia, dwelling not only on successes, but also analyzing the reasons for failures. Each chapter draws parallels with the current situation in Ukraine, which the author has deeply studied from the inside. Separately, which is very relevant for today’s reader, worried about the state of affairs in Ukraine’s relations with Russia in connection with the aggression in Donbass and Crimea, the Georgian president talks about the details of the international diplomatic cuisine on the eve of the Russian-Georgian war of August 2008 and describes in detail the development of the military conflict. The book provides many previously unknown details not only of Georgian-Russian relations over the past 10 years, but also talks about Saakashvili’s personal communication with Vladimir Putin. It also provides a portrait of modern Ukraine with urgent recommendations for Ukrainian politicians. 2nd edition, updated and expanded.