Blowing up Ukraine - by Yuri Felshtinsky & Michael Stanchev (Paperback)

About the Book

How Putin has plotted with mounting violence since 1999 to subdue the Ukrainians and how the population resisted through "Maidan" revolutions and what the impact of the Kremlin's aggression on global stability.

Book Synopsis

Blowing up Ukraine is a first history of democracy in Ukraine since 1991 and the lethal methods Russia has used over a quarter of a century to regain Ukraine as a vazal state - culminating in a full-blown unprovoked war in 2022 and mounting war crimes. Over twenty years, the Kremlin skilfully manipulated Ukraine's self-serving politicians and oligarchs, only to be thwarted time and again by peaceful transitions of power and demonstrations by ordinary Ukrainians - the Maidan - against government corruption and being pushed back into Russia's empire. With Ukraine as the first step in the Kremlin's master plan, Novorossiya, the Russian state has become a threat to global stability and Ukraine may be the first battleground of a world war if other nations are not careful to take a stance. Full of new and little known first-hand sources, Blowing up Ukraine presents a chilling and alarming narrative, and a path to defusing the conflict.

Review Quotes

"Terrifying." Steven Edgington, Daily Telegraph

"Crucial... powerful." Kirkus Reviews

"Simply excellent." Karl-Peter Schwartz, Die Presse

"This is our 1937 moment." General Sir Patrick Sanders, UK Army Chief of General Staff, 28 June 2022

"Seizing Ukraine remains the main goal of Putin. Unfortunately, these words, much like the rest of the book, will prove prophetical." General Oleg Kalugin, Former KGB Head of Counter-Espionage

"Historians are blessed with numerous virtues, but bravery is rarely among them. Still, living in a modern world requires fundamental reconsideration of all of the conventional notions regarding Russia and Ukraine, United States and Europe. This book by two brave and scrupulous historians will undoubtedly help the readers to comprehend the present, as well as to live in the future." Alexander Etkind, Professor of History, European University Institute, Florence