Zelensky - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Serhii Rudenko is a Ukrainian journalist and political commentator who has published several books on Ukrainian politicians. Klappentext Three years after the political novice Volodymyr Zelensky was elected to Ukraine's highest office, he found himself catapulted into the role of war-time leader. The former comedian has become the public face of his country's courageous and bloody struggle against a brutal invasion. Zelensky's extraordinary leadership in the face of Russia's aggression is an inspiration to everyone who stands opposed to the appalling violence unleashed on Ukraine.This book - the first biography of Zelensky published in English - tells his astonishing story. It has been revised and updated for this new paperback edition. Zusammenfassung Three years after the political novice Volodymyr Zelensky was elected to Ukraine's highest office, he found himself catapulted into the role of war-time leader. The former comedian has become the public face of his country's courageous and bloody struggle against a brutal invasion. Zelensky's extraordinary leadership in the face of Russia's aggression is an inspiration to everyone who stands opposed to the appalling violence unleashed on Ukraine.This book - the first biography of Zelensky published in English - tells his astonishing story. It has been revised and updated for this new paperback edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations vii Preface: Zelensky's Political Oscar xi 1 Ten Assassination Attempts on President Zelensky 1 2 The Campaign for President 4 3 "Let It Be the Stadium Then!" 9 4 Zelensky and Forty-Two Million Presidents 13 5 Devirtualization of Servant of the People 17 6 A Mad Printer for the President 21 7 Trump's Impeachment 25 8 Vice-President Bohdan 29 9 The Cosmic Year of 1978 37 10 The Irreplaceable Yuliya Mendel 42 11 Look into the Eyes of Putin and ... 46 12 The Amateur on an Electric Scooter 54 13 A Little Bell for Maslyakov 58 14 Godfather Rodnyansky 66 15 A Scandal in Jurmala 70 16 The Family of Kvartal 95 74 17 The Kadyrov Ordeal 79 18 Ebony Rods 83 19 Zelensky's Double 87 20 Zelensky's Ceremonial General 94 21 Zelensky's Shenr Brothers 99 22 Kolomoisky's Knife 104 23 Poroshenko on His Knees 112 24 The Zelensky Collective 124 25 Zelensky's Idol Syvokho 129 26 The Polygraph for "Servants of the People" 133 27 Who Turned Zelensky into an Addict? 137 28 Zelensky under Yermak 142 29 Zelensky's Dream Team 152 30 Zelensky's Architect 159 31 The Magic Number 95 166 32 He Who Burdened Zelensky with the Presidency 170 33 A Gagarin for Zelensky 175 34 A Black Mirror for a Hero 178 35 Zvirobiy, Fedyna, and a Victim 182 36 Wagnergate: A Story with Many Unknowns 186 37 How the Oligarch Akhmetov Prepared a Coup for Zelensky 190 38 The Bucha Massacre 193 Epilogue: The President of War 200 Chronology 203 ...

List of contents

Abbreviations
 
Preface: Zelensky's Political Oscar
 
1 Ten Assassination Attempts on President Zelensky
 
2 The Campaign for President
 
3 "Let It Be the Stadium Then!"
 
4 Zelensky and Forty-two Million Presidents
 
5 Devirtualization of Servant of the People
 
6 A Mad Printer for the President
 
7 Trump's Impeachment
 
8 Vice-President Bohdan
 
9 The Cosmic Year of 1978
 
10 The Irreplaceable Yuliya Mendel
 
11 Look into the Eyes of Putin and ...
 
12 The Amateur on an Electric Scooter
 
13 A Little Bell for Maslyakov
 
14 Godfather Rodnyansky
 
15 A Scandal in Jurmala
 
16 The Family of Kvartal 95
 
17 The Kadyrov Ordeal
 
18 Ebony Rods
 
19 Zelensky's Double
 
20 Zelensky's Ceremonial General
21 Zelensky's Shefir Brothers
 
22 Kolomoisky's Knife
 
23 Poroshenko on His Knees
 
24 The Zelensky Collective
 
25 Zelensky's Idol Syvokho
 
26 The Polygraph for "Servants of the People"
 
27 Who Turned Zelensky into an Addict?
 
28 Zelensky under Yermak
 
29 Zelensky's Dream Team
 
30 Zelensky's Architect
 
31 The Magic Number 95
 
32 He Who Burdened Zelensky with the Presidency
 
33 A Gagarin for Zelensky
 
34 A Black Mirror for a Hero
 
35 Zvirobiy, Fedyna, and a Victim
 
36 Wagnergate: A Story with Many Unknowns
 
37 How the Oligarch Akhmetov Prepared a Coup for Zelensky
 
38 The Bucha Massacre
 
Epilogue: The President of War
 
Chronology

Report

"War is a rupture--in a country's life and a leader's. Amid the calamity, Ukrainians have proven lucky in theirs. As Mr Rudenko writes at the close, the man who was 'visibly nervous' in his early bouts of diplomacy, the ingénue and clown, now has an experience of statecraft that no modern Western leader can match, nor would wish to."
The Economist
 
"From voice of Paddington to global giant... the man behind the wartime façade"
The Observer
 
"The first English-language biography of Zelensky reveals what Ukrainians really think of him"
The Telegraph
 
"Serhii Rudenko's biography is a portrait of a wartime hero whose troubled past may return to haunt him... [It is] an extraordinary life story, which is still being written. Reading this biography now, in the wake of a war that upended our understanding of both Zelensky and Ukraine, presents his personal history in a new light."
Lyse Doucet, The New Statesman
 
"Fascinating"
The Guardian
 
"A fast-paced biography of an unexpected world leader... the author capably shows how Zelensky has displayed an astonishing transformation in the face of continued Russian aggression."
Kirkus
 
"Rudenko has written a succinct political biography that plunges readers right into the middle of the Ukrainian political scene"
Prospect Magazine
 
"... important and detailed...: Zelensky is easily the equal of the most impressive wartime leaders the West has ever had."
Owen Matthews, The Spectator

Product details

• Authors: Serhii Rudenko
• Assisted by: Michael M. Naydan (Translation), Naydan Michael M. (Translation), Alla Perminova (Translation)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781509560677
• ISBN: 978-1-5095-6067-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Weltpolitik, Politikwissenschaft, Russland, Ukraine, Politik, European Politics, Political Science, Global politics, War & Peace Studies, Kriegs- u. Friedensforschung, Politik / Europa