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Oekraïne in het kruisvuur. English
Ukraine in the crossfire / by Chris Kaspar de Ploeg.
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Title:[Oekraïne in het kruisvuur. English]
Ukraine in the crossfire / by Chris Kaspar de Ploeg.
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Author/Creator:De Ploeg, Chris Kaspar, 1994- author.
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Published/Created:Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press, Inc., [2017]
©2017
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Call Number: DK508.848 .D43 2017
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 04-15-2024
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Political violence--Ukraine--History--21st century.
Nationalism--Ukraine--History--21st century.
Ukraine--Politics and government--1991-2014.
Ukraine--Foreign relations--Western countries.
Western countries--Foreign relations--Ukraine.
Ukraine--History--Revolution of Dignity, 2013-2014.
Donets Basin (Ukraine and Russia)--History, Military--21st century.
Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Western countries.
Western countries--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation)
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Description:353 pages : map ; 23 cm
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Summary:"Ukraine in the Crossfire tackles the importance of ultranationalist violence during and after the EuroMaidan movement, and documents how many of these groups are heirs to former Nazi-collaborators. It shows how the Ukrainian state has seized on the ultranationalist war-rhetoric to serve its own agenda, clamping down on civil liberties on a scale unprecedented since Ukrainian independence. De Ploeg argues that Kiev itself has been the biggest obstacle to peace in Donbass, with multiple leaks suggesting that Washington is using its financial leverage to push a pro-war line in Ukraine. With the nation's eyes turned towards Russia, the EU and IMF have successfully pressured Ukraine into adopting far-reaching austerity programs, while oligarchic looting of state assets and massive tax-avoidance facilitated by Western states continue unabated. De Ploeg documents the local roots of the Donbass rebellion, the overwhelming popularity of Crimea's secession, and shows that support for Ukraine's pro-western turn remains far from unanimous, with large swathes of Ukraine's Russophone population opting out of the political process. Nevertheless, De Ploeg argues, the pro-Western and pro-Russian camps are often similar: neoliberal, authoritarian, nationalist and heavily dependent on foreign support. In a wider exploration of Russo-Western relations, he examines similarities between the contemporary Russian state and its NATO counterparts, showing how the two power blocs have collaborated in some of their worst violent excesses. A far cry from civilizational or ideological clashes, De Ploeg argues that the current tensions flow from NATO's military dominance and aggressive posture, both globally and within post-Soviet space, where Russia seeks to defend the status-quo"--Provided by publisher.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780997287080 (alkaline paper)
099728708X (alkaline paper)
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. One Divided Country
ch. Two Return of the Wolfsangel
ch. Three Militarization of Maidan
ch. Four Far Right-backed Regime Change
ch. Five Oligarch-backed Regime Change
ch. Six Western-backed Regime Change
ch. Seven Imposing Austerity
ch. Eight Condoning Corruption
ch. Nine Dismantling Russophone Ukraine
ch. Ten East Responds
ch. Eleven Civil War Darkens the Ukrainian Landscape
ch. Twelve Ravages of War
ch. Thirteen Dehumanizing the Donbass, Embracing the Far Right
ch. Fourteen Beyond Populism: Assessing the Influence of the Far Right
ch. Fifteen Repression and Diversion in Divided Ukraine
ch. Sixteen Obstructing Peace
ch. Seventeen Imperial Desire for War
ch. Eighteen Western Military Doctrine and the Normalization of War Crimes
ch. Nineteen Seeing Beyond the Imperial Divide
ch. Twenty Divisions on the Western Front?
ch. Twenty-One Cold War Politics in the Age of Trump.