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Ukraine Crisis: What It Means for the West

Door Andrew Wilson

Categorie
Geschiedenis Oost-Europa
Boeknummer
#407735-XT1
Titel
Ukraine Crisis: What It Means for the West
Auteur
Wilson, Andrew
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
New Haven/London : Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
0300211597
ISBN13
9780300211597
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, small maps, 8vo.
Samenvatting
The aftereffects of the February 2014 Uprising in Ukraine are still reverberating around the world. The consequences of the popular rebellion and Russian President Putin's attempt to strangle it remain uncertain. In this book, Andrew Wilson combines a spellbinding, on-the-scene account of the Kiev Uprising with a deeply informed analysis of what precipitated the events, what has developed in subsequent months, and why the story is far from over.

Wilson situates Ukraine's February insurgence within Russia's expansionist ambitions throughout the previous decade. He reveals how President Putin's extravagant spending to develop soft power in all parts of Europe was aided by wishful thinking in the EU and American diplomatic inattention, and how Putin's agenda continues to be widely misunde... (Lees verder)rstood in the West. The author then examines events in the wake of the Uprising—the military coup in Crimea, the election of President Petro Poroshenko, the Malaysia Airlines tragedy, rising tensions among all of Russia's neighbors, both friend and foe, and more. Ukraine Crisis provides an important, accurate record of events that unfolded in Ukraine in 2014. It also rings a clear warning that the unresolved problems of the region have implications well beyond Ukrainian borders.
Pagina's
236
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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