Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Publishing
ISBN-100522879837
ISBN-139780522879834
eBay Product ID (ePID)19061616964
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
Publication NameRussia's War Against Ukraine : the Whole Story
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeopolitics, General
Publication Year2023
TypeTextbook
AuthorMark Edele
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
SynopsisIn February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a fellow East Slav state with much shared history. Mark Edele, a world authority on the history of the Soviet Union, explains why and how this conflict came about. He considers competing historical claims and arguments with authority and lucidity. His primary focus, however, is on the different paths taken by these two former members of the Soviet Union. Since the implosion of that state in 1991, Ukraine has developed a vibrant, if often troubled, democracy. For an increasingly dictatorial Russian political elite, including but not limited to Vladimir Putin, Ukraine has appeared more and more threatening. Humiliated by the degradation of Russia's international standing, feeling betrayed by an expanding NATO and anxious about democratic revolutions in the former Soviet space, Putin and his allies have increasingly retreated into a resentful ultra-nationalism. Dreams of past imperial glory stand in place of any attempt to solve the problems of the present.