TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matthews,Owen
TI  - OVERREACH: THE INSIDE STORY OF PUTIN'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE 
SN  - 9780008562786
U1  - 947.7086  23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Mudlark, 
KW  - Russian Invasion of Ukraine,
KW  - 2022
KW  - Russia-Ukrainian War,
KW  - 2014-
KW  - Ukraine
KW  - History
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - International relations
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue: 
The brink--; Part I - Blood and empire--
Poisoned roots
"And Moscow is silent"
The bleeding idols
Tomorrow belongs to me; Part II - Warpath--
Warpath
Truth or bluff?
Cry havoc; Part III - Pyrokinesis.
Overreach
Standoff
The price of illusion
To Valhall
N2  - "The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War--and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin apparently lurched from a calculating, subtle master of opportunity to a reckless gambler, putting his regime--and Russia itself--at risk of destruction. Why? Drawing on over 25 years' experience as a correspondent in Moscow, as well as his own family ties to Russia and Ukraine, journalist Owen Matthews takes us through the poisoned historical roots of the conflict, into the COVID bubble where Putin conceived his invasion plans in a fog of paranoia about Western threats, and finally into the inner circle around Ukrainian president and unexpected war hero Volodimir Zelensky. Using the accounts of current and former insiders from the Kremlin and its propaganda machine, the testimony of captured Russian soldiers and on-the-ground reporting from Russia and Ukraine, Overreach tells the story not only of the war's causes but how the first six months unfolded."--

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