Format:
1 Online-Ressource (538 pages)
ISBN:
9781760460600
,
1760460613
,
1760460605
,
9781760460617
Content:
Map 1: Russia and its western neighbours -- Map 2: Ethno-linguistic map of Ukraine. -- Map 3: The South Caucasian states: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
Content:
Part 1. Twentieth-century Poland : war and Cold War -- Seven days that shook the world -- A difficult neighbourhood -- Jan Karski's valiant failures -- The worst of both worlds : Captain Witold Pilecki between Hitler and Stalin -- Speaking truth to power and prejudice -- Part 2. Poland and Russia since the fall of communism: drawing apart -- Poland/Russia : peace or ceasefire? -- Heading west, heading east : impressions from Warsaw and Moscow -- Poland at the polls : a win for pragmatism -- Poland's EU presidency : drawing the short straw
Content:
Part 3. Turning points in Ukraine and Belarus -- Ukraine: a sharp turn eastwards? -- In Belarus, the leopard flaunts his spots -- Part 4. Russia and the former Soviet republics : Putinisation at home and abroad -- Russia and its western neighbours : a watershed moment -- Russia's elections: leaving little to chance -- Putin's Ceauşescu moment -- Setbacks at home, successes abroad : the mixed fortunes of Vladimir Putin -- Putin's phoney war -- Re-enter Putin, weakened and resentful -- The real Mr Putin stands up -- Towards a greater Putistan? Part 1 -- Towards a greater Putistan? Part 2; Will Putin survive until 2018? -- Putin's re-Sovietisation project and the Ukrainian jewel -- Vladimir Putin : geopolitical wrecking ball -- Putin's annus mirabilis
Content:
Part 5. Putin reverts to cold war : changing the shape of Eurasia -- Putin's last territorial demand -- Ukraine : time to cut a deal? -- Russian disinformation and Western misconceptions -- Putin's parallel universe -- Putin's Westpolitik : back to the USSR -- Peace in our time -- Ukraine conflict exposes Western weakness on Russia -- Bling and propaganda in an ethics-free zone -- Making nice and making enemies -- Ukraine, out of sight
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-505) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781760460600
Additional Edition:
Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781760460600
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic book
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