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Midnight in Moscow : a memoir from the front lines of Russia's war against the West /

For weeks before the invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan was warning that it would happen. When troops finally crossed the border, he was woken in the middle of the night by an employee at Embassy Moscow with a prearranged code. The signal was even more bracing than the cold...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sullivan, John Joseph, 1959- (Author)
Other Authors: Mattis, James M. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown, and Company, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sullivan, John Joseph, > 1959- > Biography.
World politics > 21st century.
Security, International > 21st century.
United States > Foreign relations > Russia > 21st century.
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > United States > 21st century.
Ukraine > Military relations > Russia.
World politics.
Kyïv (Ukraine) > History > 21st century.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Russie > 21e siècle.
Politique mondiale.
Politique mondiale > 21e siècle.
Kiev (Ukraine) > Histoire > 21e siècle.
United States > Foreign relations.
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations.
Russia (Federation) > History.
Autobiographies.
Table of Contents:
  • August 31, 1939
  • A new challenge
  • The gauntlet
  • Early skirmishes
  • Polite reception by hostile government
  • Mission Russia
  • The chekist
  • Isolation and transition
  • Matters of concern
  • Elusive search for stability
  • Rumors of war
  • A gun on the table
  • Aggressive war
  • No easy days
  • Two funerals
  • A crime against peace
  • What is to be done?