The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine - Updated Edition
Autor Christopher Milleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 oct 2024
Observăm în The War Came To Us o resursă indispensabilă pentru înțelegerea contextului geopolitic actual, fiind o lectură de referință pentru studenții la științe politice și profesioniștii din domeniul relațiilor internaționale. Christopher Miller, corespondent de cursă lungă al Financial Times, oferă o perspectivă rară, construită pe parcursul a peste zece ani de rezidență în Ucraina. Această ediție actualizată și ilustrată aduce un plus de rigoare vizuală prin secțiunea dedicată fotografiilor de pe front, ancorând analiza istorică în realitatea imediată a conflictului.
Considerăm că structura volumului este unul dintre punctele sale forte. Organizată în patru părți distincte — de la perioada de pace și „American Boy”, la Revoluția Euromaidan și până la invazia totală din 2022 — cartea nu se limitează la cronica militară. Ea explorează transformarea societală a Ucrainei, de la „Orașul celor un milion de trandafiri” la „Orașul fantomelor”. Această abordare amintește de stilul din In Wartime de Tim Judah, oferind o alternativă mai extinsă pentru cursurile de istorie contemporană, cu avantajul unei actualizări care cuprinde evenimentele cele mai recente și o analiză a regimului Zelenski prin capitole precum „Servant of the People”.
Spre deosebire de lucrările anterioare ale autorului, care s-au concentrat pe studii istorice academice sau pe evoluția unor instituții specifice, The War Came To Us reprezintă sinteza carierei sale de jurnalist de front. Dacă în Traverse City State Hospital Miller analiza o micro-istorie instituțională, aici el trece la o macro-istorie a rezistenței unei națiuni. Lucrarea completează excelent titluri precum War and Punishment de Mikhail Zygar, oferind contraponderea necesară: povestea din interiorul Ucrainei, spusă de un martor direct al evenimentelor care au redefinit securitatea europeană.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1399406787
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: 1 x 8-page colour photograph section
Dimensiuni: 134 x 202 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:Ilustrată
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte oricui dorește să înțeleagă dincolo de titlurile știrilor cum s-a transformat Ucraina dintr-o fostă republică sovietică într-o națiune rezistentă. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă umană, bazată pe interviuri și experiențe de teren, nu doar analize politice reci. Este o lectură esențială pentru a descifra mecanismele prin care istoria recentă a Europei de Est a fost rescrisă sub presiunea războiului.
Despre autor
Christopher Miller este un jurnalist american de renume, în prezent corespondent principal în Ucraina pentru Financial Times. Cu o experiență de peste un deceniu în regiune, Miller a raportat pentru publicații prestigioase precum POLITICO, BuzzFeed News și Kyiv Post. Expertiza sa în spațiul post-sovietic a fost recunoscută prin distincții importante, inclusiv Missouri Honor Medal pentru reflectarea Revoluției Euromaidan și a conflictului din Donbas. Formarea sa academică, dublată de prezența constantă în punctele fierbinți ale conflictului, îi conferă autoritatea de a semna una dintre cele mai documentate cronici ale rezistenței ucrainene.
Descriere
WINNER OF THE WITOLD PILECKI INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD SPECIAL PRIZE
A WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade.
'A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb.' -- Irish Times
When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times was on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia's war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.
This is the definitive, inside story of Ukraine's long fight for freedom. Told through Miller's personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, he takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine's modern history.
With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, and resilient. This is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people - and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.
Cuprins
Maps
A Brief History of Ukraine
Preface
Prologue
Part one: Peace
1 American Boy
2 Friends
3 A Darker Side of the Donbas
4 Acts of Journalism
Part two: Revolution and Annexation
5 Euromaidan
6 "Little Green Men"
7 Voting Under The Gun
Part three: War
8 "Russian Spring"
9 Stamps
10 "Look at Our Republic"
11 "Some Fucking Militia"
12 Volunteer Battalions
13 "Live in a New Way"
14 "This is a War Now"
15 Executioners
16 Fields of Death
17 The Launch Site
18 "The First Real Independence Day"
19 The Supply Runner
20 City of Ghosts
21 POWs
22 The Body Collectors
23 City of a Million Roses
24 Left Behind
25 The Woman in the Grass
26 The Cossack Bomb Squad
27 PTSD
Part four: Full-Scale Invasion
28 Warning Signs
29 Servant of the People
30 Keep Calm and Party On
31 The Battle of Kyiv
32 Control the Skies
33 "Who would like some tea?"
34 "Ya tut"
35 Heroes
36 Escape
37 "It feels like I'm doing something wrong"
38 The Brothers Vyshyvaniy
39 Savagery
40 A Storm on the Horizon
41 Trouble at Sea
42 Siege
43 Filtration
44 Summertime in the City
45 The Battle of the Donbas
46 "The Terrorists are Destroying Everything"
47 Missiles
48 "Fortress Bakhmut"
49 "To Peace"
50 "I. Love. You."
Acknowledgements
Index
Recenzii
A vivid, engaged and engaging series of vignettes and impressions of the period up to the early days of the war... What a passionate, colourful journey -by turns inspiring and horrifying - it turns out to be.
Vivid. Shocking. [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.
An eye-opening and deeply touching inside story of the country's long fight for freedom against Russian aggression.
Christopher Miller has been an indispensable guide to what's been really happening in Ukraine for a decade or more, and his writing has helped show the world the true face of a country that is too often lied about.
When I want to know what is happening in Ukraine, I turn first to Chris Miller's reporting. Whether it's the latest information from the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, insightful analysis on political manoeuvrings in Kyiv, or understanding into what the average Ukrainian is thinking about current events, Miller always has the inside track. Now in his riveting book The War Came to Us, this foremost expert on the region takes us back over the last 12 years, providing the history, the culture and the context to help us understand where Ukraine is today and what might come next. A must-read for those who want to get beyond the headlines.
Christopher Miller knows Ukraine with unmatchable depth and a fierce intimacy - way before it became the eye of the global storm he was living and studying in this critical country. There isn't a village he hasn't visited and a front line he hasn't crossed. The world is belatedly waking up to the importance of Ukraine. And Miller is the ultimate guide.
A penetrating account of the reality of Putin's war on Ukraine... With powerful stories and insightful background, Miller provides a human dimension to a bloody conflict.
War correspondent Miller's heart-pounding debut describes in gritty detail the frontline fighting and key events preceding Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.this is frontline reporting at its finest.
Written with love, respect, and the critical eye of a reporter, the book evinces deep
dedication to an adopted homeland... The War Came to Us is a detailed, personal, and engaging account of recent transformative events in Ukraine's history.
Fascinating.
It's Chris' capacity for both narrative restraint and warm-hearted, unpretentious observations of his surroundings that make him stand out among many chroniclers of modern Ukraine in both its horror and its glory.
.Christopher Miller brings the war and its impact on Ukraine's people back to the front page, sparing no details, and in so doing provides one of the best and most insightful narrative histories yet published of the war against Ukraine.
Christopher Miller's book not only takes you to the fields of the Russian-Ukrainian war, but also to the recent history of Ukraine, without knowledge of which it is difficult to understand and appreciate what is happening now. The War Came To Us is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how this war is changing Ukraine and Ukrainians, and how it is making dramatic changes to the world order.
The War Came to Us is the single-best account of how Ukraine found itself at the center of Russia's imperial ambitions - and the best book yet written on the Ukrainians who are fighting to make their country free once more.
In his rendering of the contrast between war and peace, peace and war, Christopher Miller has given us an invaluable record of Ukraine's past and present.
[Miller] is particularly good at recounting the chaotic, precarious early days of the war.
An engrossing read and must-read item for anyone interested in Ukraine and the ongoing war on its territory.
The War Came To Us [is] a deeply reported yet personal and nuanced account of the long war in Ukraine, by a brilliant and collegiate correspondent.
Miller...does what a veteran journalist does best - he allows the people to speak.
Miller's insights come with the curiosity that any good journalist should possess, and it is clear that in his years of work he has engaged with people wherever he goes in Ukraine to establish reliable sources as well as to try and understand their perspective better.
Christopher Miller's The War Came to Us should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in foreign policy, international relations, domestic politics, war journalism, or defense and security studies. Superb book.