War in Ukraine :Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World
War in Ukraine :Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World
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28 May, 2024
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The war in Ukraine has altered the course of global history. These authors explore how.
When Vladimir Putin's forces sought to conquer Ukraine in February 2022, they did more than threaten the survival of a vulnerable democracy. The invasion unleashed a crisis that has changed the course of world affairs. This conflict has reshaped alliances, deepened global cleavages, and caused economic disruptions that continue to reverberate around the globe. It has initiated the first great-power nuclear crisis in decades and raised fundamental questions about the sources of national power and military might in the modern age. The outcome of the conflict will profoundly influence the international balance of power, the relationship between democracies and autocracies, and the rules that govern global affairs.
In War in Ukraine, Hal Brands brings together an all-star group of analysts to assess the conflict's origins, course, and implications and to offer their appraisals of one of the most geopolitically consequential crises of the early twenty-first century. Essays cover topics including the twists and turns of the war itself, the successes and failures of US strategy, the impact of sanctions, the future of Russia and its partnership with China, and more.
Contributors: Anne Applebaum, Joshua Baker, Alexander Bick, Hal Brands, Daniel Drezner, Peter Feaver, Lawrence Freedman, Francis Gavin, Brian Hart, William Inboden, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Michael Kimmage, Michael Kofman, Stephen Kotkin, Mark Leonard, Bonny Lin, Thomas Mahnken, Dara Massicot, Michael McFaul, Robert Person, Kori Schake, and Ashley Tellis.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781421449845 |
| ISBN10 | 1421449846 |
| Number Of Pages | 328 |
| Item Weight | 454 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 22 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Brands contends, indeed convincingly, that if this war has proven so globally transfixing, perhaps that's because it reminds us of ugly realities—the viciousness of autocratic aggression, the destructiveness of large-scale war, the fragility of international order—we might prefer to forget.
—Cipher Brief
[A] deeply fascinating and valuable book.
—CHACR Critique
War in Ukraine asks big questions about the emerging world order that has surfaced since Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. It is a penetrating analysis of what changed in world leaders' minds to enable the possibility of war and what the future of the international order might be and ought to be....[An] indispensable resource for navigating the complexities of a turning point in the post–Cold War order...
—Parameters
Hal Brands' edited anthology War in Ukraine: Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World, provides several compelling essays about the war in Ukraine considered from a broad perspective....Brands' compendium does a nice job of bringing together notable experts...
—Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute)
As the war approaches the three-year mark, most of the risks assessments and impact evaluations in the book ring true....[A] collection of excellent analyses...
—Journal of Peace Research
An excellent read for a general audience....bring[s] together a series of US 'heavy hitters'.
—International Affairs
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Author's Bio
Hal Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. A columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, he is also the author or editor of several books, including The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age, The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today, and Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, with Michael Beckley.