My husband and I watched Yale professor Timothy Snyder's online course,
The Making of Modern Ukraine a few months back, and it was fascinating. One of the texts that Snyder used was by Harvard professor Serhii Plokhy:
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. (See
this previous post for more info on the course and that book.)
And now Plokhy has a new book out on the current Russo-Ukrainian war, titled, rather unsurprisingly,
The Russo-Ukrainian War. And it's on sale for about two more hours in the UK for £0.99.
Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BCQ14FGW
Kobo UK:
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...-ukrainian-war
Spoiler:
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CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES * TELEGRAPH * PROSPECT
'The best account of the ongoing conflict — its preconditions and its present-day horrors' Prospect
Do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our times
On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of checking on the family and friends who were now on the front lines of Europe's largest conflict since the outbreak of the Second World War, acclaimed Ukrainian-American historian Serhii Plokhy inevitably found himself attempting to understand the deeper causes of the invasion, analysing its course and contemplating the wider outcomes.
The Russo-Ukrainian War is the comprehensive history of a war that has burned since 2014, and that, with Russia's attempt to seize Kyiv, exploded a geo-political order that had been cemented since the end of the Cold War. With an eye for the gripping detail on the ground, both in the halls of power and down in the trenches, as well as a keen sense of the grander sweep of history, Plokhy traces the origins and the evolution of the conflict, from the collapse of the Russian empire to the rise and fall of the USSR and on to the development in Ukraine of a democratic politics.
Based on decades of research and his unique insight into the region, he argues that Ukraine's defiance of Russia, and the West's demonstration of unity and strength, has presented a profound challenge to Putin's Great Power ambition, and further polarized the world along a new axis. A riveting, enlightening account, this is present-minded history at its best.
BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER 2023: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE * TLS
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