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OverviewFor months, the omens had pointed in one scarcely believable direction: Russiawas about to invade Ukraine. And yet, the world was stunned by theepochal scale of the assault that began in February 2022. It was an attempt byone nation to devour another. The Kremlin wanted nothing less than a newworld order. Invasion is Luke Harding's gripping chronicle of the war that changedeverything. Reporting on the ground through the initial months of shock andheartbreak, Harding shares unheard human stories behind the headlines, whilealso excavating the compelling narrative of two very different leaders. AsUkraine's actor-turned-president Volodymyr Zelenskiy rallied support on aglobal stage, Vladimir Putin appeared to dwell in a strange and unreachablerealm. Harding delves into the ideological, religious and personal reasonsreally driving Putin's strategy for war, and confronts a crucial question: whatwill be the end game of this unprecedented invasion? Written in Luke Harding's starkly transfixing style, this is an urgent, vivid andpowerful account of the largest armed conflict in Europe since 1945. Havingwarned correctly about Putin's dark and adventurist ambitions, his analysis ofthe war's consequences for Kyiv, Moscow and the world makes for essentialreading. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Luke HardingPublisher: Guardian Faber Publishing Imprint: Guardian Faber Publishing Edition: Export - Airside ed Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.445kg ISBN: 9781783352760ISBN 10: 1783352760 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 24 November 2022 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationLuke Harding is an award-winning foreign correspondentwith the Guardian and a #1 New York Times bestselling author.Between 2007 and 2011 he was the Guardian'sMoscow bureau chief; the Kremlin expelled him from thecountry in the first case of its kind since the cold war. He isthe author of numerous books, including Shadow State, Collusion,A Very Expensive Poison and The Snowden Files, aswell as the co-author of WikiLeaks and The Liar (nominatedfor the Orwell Prize). Two of Harding's books have beenmade into films: The Fifth Estate and Snowden. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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