Description
| Product ID: | 9781787388512 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Putin’s War on Ukraine |
| Subtitle: | Russia’s Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution |
| Authors: | Author: Samuel Ramani |
| Page Count: | 592 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, International relations, Warfare and defence, International relations, Warfare & defence, Russia, Ukraine |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Why did Putin invade Ukraine? Eight years after annexing Crimea, Russia embarked on a full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in February 2022. For Vladimir Putin, this was a legacy-defining mission—to restore Russia’s sphere of influence and undo Ukraine’s surprisingly resilient democratic experiment. Yet Putin’s aspirations were swiftly eviscerated, as the conflict degenerated into a bloody war of attrition and the Russian economy faced crippling sanctions. How can we make sense of his decision to invade?This book argues that Putin’s policy of global counter-revolution is driven not by systemic factors, such as preventing NATO expansion, but domestic ones: the desire to unite Russians around common principles and consolidate his personal brand of authoritarianism. This objective has inspired military interventions in Crimea, Donbas and Syria, and now all-out war against Kyiv.Samuel Ramani explores why Putin opted for regime change in Ukraine, rather than a smaller-scale intervention in Donbas, and considers the impact on his own regime’s legitimacy. How has Russia’s long-term political and foreign policy trajectory shifted? And how will the international response reshape the world order? |
| Imprint Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-04-13 |