Title:
The gates of Europe : a history of Ukraine / Serhii Plokhy.
ISBN:
9781541675643
Personal Author:
Edition:
Revised edition.
Second trade paperback edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Basic Books, [2021]
©2021
Physical Description:
xxvi, 407 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Contents:
I. On the Pontic Frontier -- Chapter 1. Edge of the world -- Chapter 2. Advent of the Slavs -- Chapter 3. Vikings on the Dnieper -- Chapter 4. Byzantium North -- Chapter 5. Keys to Kyiv -- Chapter 6. Pax Mongolica -- II. East meets West -- Chapter 7. Making of Ukraine -- Chapter 8. Cossacks -- Chapter 9. Eastern reformations -- Chapter 10. Great Revolt -- Chapter 11. Partitions -- Chapter 12. Verdict of Poltava -- III. Between the empires -- Chapter 13. New frontiers -- Chapter 14. Books of the genesis -- Chapter 15. Porous border -- Chapter 16. On the move -- Chapter 17. Unfinished revolution -- IV. Wars of the world -- Chapter 18. Birth of a nation -- Chapter 19. A shattered dream -- Chapter 20. Communism and nationalism -- Chapter 21. Stalin's fortress -- Chapter 22. Hitler's Lebensraum -- 23. Victors -- V. Road to independence -- Chapter 24. Second Soviet Republic -- Chapter 25. Good bye, Lenin! -- Chapter 26. Independence Square -- Chapter 27. Price of freedom -- Chapter 28. A new dawn -- Epilogue: Meanings of history -- Historical timeline -- Who's who in Ukrainian history -- Glossary.
Summary:
"As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence, celebrated historian Serhii Plokhy explains that today's crisis is a case of history repeating itself: the Ukrainian conflict is only the latest in a long history of turmoil over Ukraine's sovereignty... This revised edition contains new material that brings this definitive history up to the present, from the election of Volodymyr Zelensky to the role of Ukraine in Trump's impeachment. As Ukraine once again finds itself at the center of global attention, Plokhy brings its history to vivid life as he connects the nation's past with its present and future."-- Back cover.
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OCLC Number:
on1253364759
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