"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"--
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ISBN:9781324051190
Physical Description:xxii, 376 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York, NY :W.W. Norton & Company,[2023]
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-362) and index.