الحرب الروسية الأوكرانية: عودة التاريخ

An authoritative history of Europe's largest military conflict since World War II, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Gates of Europe. Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin ignite the war? Why did it take a turn that was not expected before? The Ukrainians have resisted a superior army, the West has united, and Russia is increasingly isolated. Sergei Plokhy, a prominent historian specializing in the history of Ukraine and the Cold War, provides a comprehensive account of this conflict, its origins, its course, and its clear and likely future repercussions. Although the current war began eight years before the all-out offensive - on February 27, 2014, when Russian armed forces seized the Crimean parliament building - the roots of this conflict go back even earlier, to the tensions that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of empires in the 19th and 20th centuries. By providing a wide-ranging historical context, examining the ideas and cultures of Ukraine and Russia, as well as domestic and international politics, Plokhy reveals that although this new Cold War was not inevitable, it was expected. Plokhy argues that Ukraine has remained central to Russia's self-concept, even as Ukrainians have followed a radically different path. In a new international environment characterized by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post-Cold War international order, and the resurgence of populist nationalism, Ukraine is today more than ever the most sensitive fault line between authoritarianism and democratic Europe.