Books+ Search Results
Imperial gamble : Putin, Ukraine, and the new Cold War
Author
Title
Imperial gamble : Putin, Ukraine, and the new Cold War / Marvin Kalb.
ISBN
9780815726647
0815726643
9780815726654
0815726651
9780815727446
0815727445
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2015.
Physical Description
xix, 287 pages ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 06, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Crimea : from Catherine the Great to Vladimir the gambler
The end, or the beginning, of history
Putin's March 18 history lesson
Kievan Rus' : the "first Russia"
The Mongol legacy : the fall of Kiev and the rise of Moscow
The star Tsars : Peter and Catherine
A Ukrainian Volk emerges, on paper
In revolution, the birth of modern Ukraine
Lenin and the "National Minorities" Conundrum
World War II: a Ukrainian horror
Between 1945 and 1991
Yeltsin versus Gorbachev
"Ukraine has arrived!"
A very uncertain future
The war in Ukraine
The tragedy of a Malaysian airliner
"Master of the taiga?"
Whither Ukraine? Whither Russia?
A look back to look ahead.
Subjects
Bookmark As
Citation
