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Ukraine Crisis : What It Means for the West

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A leading Ukraine specialist and firsthand witness to the 2014 Kiev Uprising analyzes the world's newest flashpoint 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 misunderstood 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.

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Yale University Press
0300211597 / 9780300211597
Paperback / softback
03/10/2014
United States
248 pages
144 x 217 mm, 320 grams
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