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The Russo-Ukrainian war : the return of history /

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 and the West has united, while Russia grows increasi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ukraine > History > Russian Invasion, 2022-
Ukraine > History > 21st century.
Ukraine > Relations > Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) > Relations > Ukraine.
Table of 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.