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100 1 _aMatthews, Owen,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aOVERREACH :
_bTHE INSIDE STORY OF PUTIN'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE /
_cOWEN MATTHEWS
250 _aRevised and updated edition
264 1 _aLondon :
_bMudlark,
_c2023
300 _a442 pages :
_bmaps ;
_c20 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _tPrologue: The brink--
_tPart I - Blood and empire-- Poisoned roots "And Moscow is silent" The bleeding idols Tomorrow belongs to me
_tPart II - Warpath-- Warpath Truth or bluff? Cry havoc
_tPart III - Pyrokinesis. Overreach Standoff The price of illusion To Valhall
520 _a"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."--
_cProvided by publisher
651 0 _aRussian Invasion of Ukraine,
_y2022
651 0 _aRussia-Ukrainian War,
_y2014-
651 0 _aUkraine
_vHistory
_y2014-
651 0 _aRussia (Federation)
_vInternational relations
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