Ukraine over the edge Russia, the West, and the "new Cold War" /

"This study focuses on the Ukrainian crisis, from the rise of demonstrations on Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti to the making of the post-revolt regime. The author sheds new light on the role of radical Ukrainian nationalists and neofascists in the February 2014 snipers' massacre, the ous...

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Main Author: Hahn, Gordon M.,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Physical Description: vii, 359 pages : maps ; 26 cm.
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Summary: "This study focuses on the Ukrainian crisis, from the rise of demonstrations on Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti to the making of the post-revolt regime. The author sheds new light on the role of radical Ukrainian nationalists and neofascists in the February 2014 snipers' massacre, the ouster of President Yanukovych and Russia's seizure of Crimea"--
Item Description: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-355) and index.
A world split apart: geopolitical and civilizationalist sources -- The historical roots of Ukraine's schism -- Western expansionism: operationalizing the geopolitical and civilizational divides -- Democracy promotion: the dual-use technology of color revolution -- Ukraine's "stateness" problem: the tectonics of a faultline state -- Ukraine's "perfect storm" -- Maidan -- Putin's Crimea gambit: from revolution to civil war -- Terror in Donbass: Putin's war or civil war? -- "Revolution of dignity" or revolution in vain?
"This study focuses on the Ukrainian crisis, from the rise of demonstrations on Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti to the making of the post-revolt regime. The author sheds new light on the role of radical Ukrainian nationalists and neofascists in the February 2014 snipers' massacre, the ouster of President Yanukovych and Russia's seizure of Crimea"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description: vii, 359 pages : maps ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-355) and index.
ISBN: 9781476669014
1476669015