Russia's War Against Ukraine by Mark Edele - ISBN: 9780522882445
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Ukraine’s democratic path vs. Russia’s resentful ultra-nationalism sparks war.
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    240 pages

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    16 June 2026

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Summary

In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a fellow East Slav state with much shared history. Mark Edele, a world authority on the history of the Soviet Union, explains why and how this conflict came about. He considers competing historical claims and arguments with authority and lucidity. His primary focus, however, is on the different paths taken by these two former members of the Soviet Union. Since the implosion of that state in 1991, Ukraine has developed a vibra…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522882445
ISBN-10:0522882447
Author:Mark Edele
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:16 June 2026
Dimensions:234mm x 153mm
About The Author

Mark Edele

Mark Edele is Hansen Professor in History and Head of the History Program at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of six books on the history of the Soviet Union, most recently Stalinism at War: The Soviet Union in World War II (2021). He has worked in archives in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, and the United States. He teaches the histories of the Soviet Union, of World War II, and of dictatorship and democracy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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