Title:
The Russo-Ukrainian war : the return of history
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
©2023
Physical Description:
xxii, 376 pages : maps ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781324051190
Abstract:
Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war--and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Ukrainians have resisted a superior military; the West has united, while Russia grows increasingly isolated. Serhii Plokhy, a leading historian of Ukraine and the Cold War, offers a definitive account of this conflict, its origins, course, and the already apparent and possible future consequences.
Contents:
Preface: Making sense of war -- Imperial collapse -- Democracy and autocracy -- Nuclear implosion -- The new Eastern Europe -- The Crimean gambit -- The rise and fall of the new Russia -- Putin's war -- The gates of Kyiv -- Eastern front -- The Black Sea -- The counteroffensive -- The return of the West -- The pivot to Asia -- Afterword: The new world order.
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Language:
English
