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maizu's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.75
Informaatinen kirja Venäjän touhuista.
sharnie6's review
4.0
Keir Giles is an expert on issues inflicting Russia and this book really shows it.
Firstly this is a succinct publication about everything you could possibly need and want to know about Russia’s war with Ukraine and its historical links. The fact that this book was going to be published before the war began just shows how predictable it was.
Secondly, how the publication is laid out makes it a great reference for historians and educators that want to know more. Splitting up the history with sociological links: what makes Russia different?; Politics: warfare by other means; neither war nor peace etc
This publication is very much a reference piece unless you are able to read a political publication in a night- I found it hard to continue to read for hours.
A solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ great reference and links to modern affairs. Although sometimes I felt like I was reading a political rant.
Thank you to NetGalley, Bloomsbury Academic and Keir Giles for this advanced copy to read and review
Firstly this is a succinct publication about everything you could possibly need and want to know about Russia’s war with Ukraine and its historical links. The fact that this book was going to be published before the war began just shows how predictable it was.
Secondly, how the publication is laid out makes it a great reference for historians and educators that want to know more. Splitting up the history with sociological links: what makes Russia different?; Politics: warfare by other means; neither war nor peace etc
This publication is very much a reference piece unless you are able to read a political publication in a night- I found it hard to continue to read for hours.
A solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ great reference and links to modern affairs. Although sometimes I felt like I was reading a political rant.
Thank you to NetGalley, Bloomsbury Academic and Keir Giles for this advanced copy to read and review
domenicar's review against another edition
challenging
dark
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inspiring
reflective
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4.0
marshaskrypuch's review
5.0
I expect to see a flurry of one and two star reviews for this book from Putin's army of monkeys with typewriters. Ignore them. This book is written by Keir Giles, who is a Senior Consulting Fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. He speaks with authority on the topic of Russia's world-view and goals and the risks we all are facing because we don't take the malevolence of the Russian Federation seriously enough.
Giles shows how Russia uses the west's openness, innate decency and democracy as tools to destroy those very things. Russia's antipathy to the west is all encompassing, as is Putin's ruthlessness. No enemy is too small to destroy, nor too big. This book will shock and inform you. I urge you to read it.
If you think the current war is just about Ukraine, you need to read this book.
If you think the road to peace is negotiation, you need to read this book.
Giles shows how Russia uses the west's openness, innate decency and democracy as tools to destroy those very things. Russia's antipathy to the west is all encompassing, as is Putin's ruthlessness. No enemy is too small to destroy, nor too big. This book will shock and inform you. I urge you to read it.
If you think the current war is just about Ukraine, you need to read this book.
If you think the road to peace is negotiation, you need to read this book.
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