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". . . provides an account of the origins and course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict through the lens of the theory and practice of strategy. [The author] explores Putin's near, medium, and long-term strategies when he decided to initiate the conflict. How successful has he been? In contrast to many who see Putin as a master operator who has resuscitated a supine Russia against all odds, [the author] is less impressed with his strategic acumen in terms...
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"From one of the finest journalists of our time comes a definitive, boots-on-the-ground dispatch from the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine. Ever since Ukraine's violent 2014 revolution, followed by Russia's annexation of Crimea, the country has been at war. Misinformation reigns, more than two million people have been displaced, and Ukrainians fight one another on a second front--the crucial war against corruption. With In Wartime, Tim Judah...
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2021.
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In 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Théâtre de Champs-Elysées. "Only a Russian could do that," says Aleksandr Ivanovich. "Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad." A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union, opting instead to forge a closer alliance with...
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2020.
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Second edition.
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This volume is an updated edition of Serhy Yekelchyk's 2015 publication, The Conflict in Ukraine. It addresses Ukraine's relations with the West from the perspective of Ukrainians. It looks at what we know about alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, the factors behind the stunning electoral victory of the political novice Volodymyr Zelensky, and the ways in which the events leading to the impeachment proceedings against...
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2018.
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"The Euromaidan uprising in Kiev, followed by radical regime change, the annexation of the Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine, have shattered European security. The Western response to Russian aggression has been uncertain and hesitant in handling the unfamiliar yet large nation of Ukraine, a country with a complicated past, and one whose history is little known in the rest of Europe. In Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland, Karl Schlögel presents...
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A vivid and intimate account of the Ukrainian Revolution, the rare moment when the political became the existential. What is worth dying for? While the world watched the uprising on the Maidan as an episode in geopolitics, those in Ukraine during the extraordinary winter of 2013-14 lived the revolution as an existential transformation: the blurring of night and day, the loss of a sense of time, the sudden disappearance of fear, the imperative to...
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[2015]
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One of The New York Times’ “6 Books to Read for Context on Ukraine”
“A short and insightful primer” to the crisis in Ukraine and its implications for both the Crimean Peninsula and Russia’s relations with the West (New York Review of Books)
The current conflict in Ukraine has spawned the most serious crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War....
“A short and insightful primer” to the crisis in Ukraine and its implications for both the Crimean Peninsula and Russia’s relations with the West (New York Review of Books)
The current conflict in Ukraine has spawned the most serious crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War....
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2022.
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Russia's brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim. In this concise, accessible and highly informative primer, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies insist the picture is more complicated.
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[2023]
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"Zelensky got his start as an actor, running for president of Ukraine as a populist candidate in 2019. He seemed an unlikely hero, yet he quickly revealed his resolve as Putin's forces threatened his homeland. Learn more about his life, his background, and his . . . devotion to Ukraine"--Provided by publisher.
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2022.
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"An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war--from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol...Using the accounts of current and former insiders from the Kremlin and its propaganda machine, the testimony of captured Russian soldiers, and on-the-ground reporting from Russia and Ukraine, Overreach tells the story not only of the war's causes but how the first six months unfolded"--
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[2023]
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"Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been the president of Ukraine since 2019. He rose to world prominence in 2022, when Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. Find out more in Volodymyr Zelenskyy. . . . This book profiles Volodymyr Zelenskyy, providing an overview of his life and achievements"--Provided by publisher.
18) Vladimir Putin
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[2023]
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"Examines the life of Vladimir Putin including his early life and education, his career as an intelligence officer in the Soviet Union's security agency, and his terms as prime minister and president of the Russian Federation"--Amazon.
19) War in Ukraine
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[2022]
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This title examines the war in Ukraine including the Russian Federation's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics on February 21, 2022, Russia's subsequent invasion of Ukraine three days later, international reaction to the invasion including economic and political sanctions, and the resulting humanitarian crisis.
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[2023]
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"Despite his lack of experience in politics and military matters, Zelenskyy has swiftly demonstrated a level of competency and courage. Zelenskyy immediately and smartly countered the invaders' untruths about him by having his own operatives film him walking through Kyiv's main streets, a sign that he had a proverbial backbone of steel." --
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