The Crimean Nexus: Putin's War and the Clash of Civilizations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300214888)

How the West sleepwalked into another Cold War

A native of Yalta, Constantine Pleshakov is intimately familiar with Crimea's ethnic tensions and complex political history. Now, he offers a much-needed look at one of the most urgent flash points in current international relations: the first occupation and annexation of one European nation's territory by another since World War II.

Pleshakov illustrates how the proxy war unfolding in Ukraine is a clash of incompatible world views. To the U.S. and Europe, Ukraine is a country struggling for self-determination in the face of Russia's imperial nostalgia. To Russia, Ukraine is a "sister nation," where NATO expansionism threatens its own borders. In Crimea itself, the native Tatars are Muslims who are vehemently opposed to Russian rule. Engagingly written and bracingly nonpartisan, Pleshakov's book explains the missteps made on all sides to provide a clear, even-handed account of a major international crisis.

Author: Constantine Pleshakov
ISBN-10: 030021488X
ISBN-13: 9780300214888
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2017
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/28/2016
Library Journal 01/01/2017 pg. 116
Choice 05/01/2017