Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States

by Oxana Shevel and Maria Popova

In February 2022, Russian missiles rained on Ukrainian cities, and tanks rolled towards Kyiv to end Ukrainian independent statehood. President Zelensky declined a Western evacuation offer and Ukrainians rallied to defend their country. What are the roots of this war, which has upended the international legal order and brought back the spectre of nuclear escalation? How did these supposedly "brotherly peoples" become each other's worst nightmare?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509557377
• ISBN13: 9781509557370
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 8.6"