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Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge
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2022
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“This firsthand account of contemporary history is key to understanding Russia's latest assault on its neighbor."—USA TodayAn eyewitness account by a U.S. diplomat of Russia’s brazen attempt to undo the democratic revolution in Ukraine
Told from the perspective of a U.S. diplomat in Kyiv, this book is the true story of Ukraine’s anti-corruption revolution in 2013—14, Russia’s intervention and invasion of that nation, and the limited role played by the United States. It puts into a readable narrative the previously unpublished reporting by seasoned U.S. diplomatic and military professionals, a wealth of information on Ukrainian high-level and street-level politics, a broad analysis of the international context, and vivid descriptions of people and places in Ukraine during the EuroMaidan Revolution. The book also counters Russia’s disinformation narratives about the revolution and America’s role in it.
While focusing on a single country during a dramatic three-year period, the book’s universal themes—among them, truth versus lies, democracy versus autocracy—possess a broader urgency for our times. That urgency burns particularly hot for the United States and all other countries that are the targets of Russia's cyber warfare and other forms of political skullduggery.
From his posting in U.S. Embassy Kyiv (2012–14), the author observed and reported first-hand on the EuroMaidan Revolution that wrested power from corrupt pro-Kremlin Ukrainian autocrat Viktor Yanukovych.
The book also details Russia’s attempt to abort the Ukrainian revolution through threats, economic pressure, lies, and intimidation. When all of that failed, the Kremlin exacted revenge by annexing Ukraine's territory of Crimea and fomenting and sustaining a hybrid war in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 13,000 people and continues to this day.
Ukraine's Revolt, Russia’s Revenge is based on the author’s own observations and the multitude of reports of his Embassy colleagues who were eyewitnesses to a crucial event in contemporary history.
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2022
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-3924-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-3925-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
backcover1
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Table of Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Prologue No access
My Road to Kyiv No access Pages 1 - 5
Building Ukraine, From the Hetmans to Maidan No access Pages 6 - 17
Corruption 101: My Introduction to Ukrainian Realities No access Pages 18 - 32
Kyiv's Tug-of-War: Putin Tilts the Balance No access Pages 33 - 67
Blood-Stained Granite No access Pages 68 - 102
Maidan's Poetics Versus Steel Shields and Black Helmets No access Pages 103 - 133
Rules of Dictatorship, Fires of Resistance No access Pages 134 - 189
"Who Benefits From Whipping Up Hysteria in Our Quiet Little Crimea?" No access Pages 190 - 216
Three Days in Hell: February 18-20, 2014 No access Pages 217 - 252
The Kremlin Fog Machine Hits Overdrive No access Pages 253 - 265
Stealing Simferopol No access Pages 266 - 290
Locking Down Crimea; Prying Open the East No access Pages 291 - 319
Shockwaves of Terror in Donbas No access Pages 320 - 341
