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The Return of the Cold War : Ukraine, The West and Russia

By J. L. Black , Michael Johns , Alanda D. Theriault (eds)

Book information

Publisher
Routledge (Taylor&Francis)
Year
2016
ISBN
9781317409533, 9781315684567
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3766330 bytes)
Series
Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series - Volume 68
Pages
312\396
Topic
History
Time added
2016-04-26 16:15:01
Исторические дисциплины;История Украины;Украина не

Description

This book examines the crisis in Ukraine, tracing its development and analysing the factors which lie behind it. It discusses above all how the two sides have engaged in political posturing, accusations, escalating sanctions and further escalating threats, arguing that the ease with which both sides have reverted to a Cold War mentality demonstrates that the Cold War belief systems never really disappeared, and that the hopes raised in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union for a new era in East-West relations were misplaced. The book pays special attention to the often ignored origins of the crisis within Ukraine itself, and the permanent damage caused by the fact that Ukrainians are killing Ukrainians in the eastern parts of the country. It also assesses why Cold War belief systems have re-emerged so easily, and concludes by considering the likely long-term ramifications of the crisis, arguing that the deep-rooted lack of trust makes the possibility of compromise even harder than in the original Cold War.

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