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Nuclear Folly
*Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History*'An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history. . . replete with startling revelations about the …
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 …
The Last Empire
BY THE AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2018 WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE 2015 On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail …
Lost Kingdom
From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted …
Ukraine's Maidan, Russia's War – A Chronicle and Analysis of the Revolution of Dignity
In early 2014, sparked by an assault by their government on peaceful students, Ukrainians rose up against a deeply corrupt, Moscow-backed regime. Initially demonstrating under the …
Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear …
Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front
In November 1943, with the outcome of the Second World War hanging in the balance, the Allies needed a new plan. The Americans' audacious suggestion to the Soviets was to open a …
Porten till Europa : Ukrainas historia
Ukraina betyder gränsland. Området norr om Svarta havet har verkligen varit en gränszon utanför och mellan imperier: det östromerska, det mongoliska, det polsk-litauiska, det …
Angrebet – Ruslands krig mod Ukraine og dens følger for verden
I Angrebet – Ruslands krig mod Ukraine og dens følger for verden forklarer en af verdens ledende forskere inden for ukrainsk historie, hvorfor Rusland gik til angreb mod Ukraine, …
Chernobyl Roulette
What if Chernobyl was just the beginning?The acclaimed winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize returns to Chernobyl to tell the gripping story of thirty-five days of warOn 24 February …
The Cossacks and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine
In this study, Serhii Plokhy examines the confessionalization of religious life in the early modern period, and shows how Cossack involvment in the religious struggle between …