Overreach - The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine

Informationen zum Autor Owen Matthews Klappentext Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023 *Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards* An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war ¿ from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol. Vorwort The Inside Story of Putin and Russia’s War Against Ukraine Zusammenfassung Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023 *Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards* An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol. 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. With its panoramic view, Overreach is an authoritative, unmissable record of a conflict that shocked Europe to its core. ...

Product details

• Authors: Owen Matthews, Matthews Owen
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.06.2023
• EAN: 9780008562786
• ISBN: 978-0-00-856278-6
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Ukraine, History: specific events & topics, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, military history, Political corruption, Warfare & defence, Diplomacy, War Crimes, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Military forces & sectors, Corruption in politics, government and society, Invasion, conquest and occupation, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet