The Russo-Ukrainian war: the return of history/

PLOKHY Serhii

The Russo-Ukrainian war: the return of history/ by Serhii Plokhy - New York: W. W. Norton, ©2023 - xxii, 376 pages: maps; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

9781324051190 (hbk.)

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