Sign-In
Cart
Ukraine: A Fight for Freedom and Sovereignty
Paperback
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN13: 9798387421648
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 19 2023
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 19 2023
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Russia's obsession with Ukraine did not begin on February 24, 2022, when Vladimir Putin's army invaded Ukrainian territory. The intent of pulverizing the notion of Ukraine as a separate and unique cultural, historical, and anthropological entity by Russia goes as far back as to when Novgorod (part of Russia) broke away from the Kyivan Rus' in 1136.
Upon the Bolshevik's usurpation of power in 1917, Communism's war against Ukraine exhibited greater brutality. Acts of genocide quickly followed which included politically induced famines such as the Holodomor (1929-1933), claiming the lives of 5 to 10 million Ukrainian natives. Together with Poles, Ukrainians fought the Bolsheviks bravely and attempted to keep their nations from succumbing to communist rule. Collectivization measures and the task of implementing socialism by force was imposed with more emphasis in Ukraine than in the rest of the USSR, including Russia itself.
The fall of Soviet communism did not translate into a successful transitioning to democracy for the USSR or all the former socialist bloc. Consensual government was short-lived in Russia. Since 1999, Putin has controlled political power over the Eurasian country and developed a distinct brand of kleptocracy, where former Soviet communist intelligence, military, and state enterprise managerial personnel took possession of Russia's wealth and the state. Ukraine followed the same spurious liberalization course.
The formality of Ukrainian independence in 1991, which officially granted statehood and independence to the nation of Ukraine, initiated another phase of the survival saga. From the 2004 Orange Revolution which rejected Russia's election interference, including the assassination attempt on Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition candidate who challenged Viktor Yanukovych, a Putin crony, Ukrainians fought to remain free and independent.
Yanukovych reneged on his EU commitment, instead charting Ukraine on a path closer to Putin's Russia, introduced authoritarian measures, and began clamping down on the opposition. Exercising the democratic principle of the right of rebellion, Ukrainians resisted and a sequel of mass demonstrations began in November 2013 and called the Maidan Uprising. The culmination was the Revolution of Dignity (or Maidan Revolution) in February 2014. The autocratic government of Putin's man in Kyiv was toppled. A process of decommunization and the dismantling of Kremlin-regime connected Ukrainian oligarchs began.
Putin's reaction was the illegitimate invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea (Ukrainian territory) and the fomenting of pro-Russian rebellions in Donetsk and Luhansk in March 2014, a month after the Maidan Revolution. The incursions into this Eastern region of Ukraine, ultimately rendered the territory into a full-blown war upon the illegitimate declaration of the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic. The war to recuperate this attack on Ukrainian sovereignty has been ongoing since 2014. The 2022 full-scale invasion was just a broader and bloodier operation aimed at decapitating Ukraine's state and bringing the nation back into captivity.
This book chronicles the first year of Russia's war on Ukraine through essays and articles. Ukrainian resistance has been epic. This battle between tyranny and freedom must be examined comprehensively. The West has reluctantly aided Ukraine. The Free World's help, however, appears to be targeted enough for the Ukrainian forces not to collapse but not sufficient to defeat the Russian invaders. The fact that Ukraine is still free and independent is of enormous importance. It is seminal that this heroic story be told and remembered.
The fall of Soviet communism did not translate into a successful transitioning to democracy for the USSR or all the former socialist bloc. Consensual government was short-lived in Russia. Since 1999, Putin has controlled political power over the Eurasian country and developed a distinct brand of kleptocracy, where former Soviet communist intelligence, military, and state enterprise managerial personnel took possession of Russia's wealth and the state. Ukraine followed the same spurious liberalization course.
The formality of Ukrainian independence in 1991, which officially granted statehood and independence to the nation of Ukraine, initiated another phase of the survival saga. From the 2004 Orange Revolution which rejected Russia's election interference, including the assassination attempt on Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition candidate who challenged Viktor Yanukovych, a Putin crony, Ukrainians fought to remain free and independent.
Yanukovych reneged on his EU commitment, instead charting Ukraine on a path closer to Putin's Russia, introduced authoritarian measures, and began clamping down on the opposition. Exercising the democratic principle of the right of rebellion, Ukrainians resisted and a sequel of mass demonstrations began in November 2013 and called the Maidan Uprising. The culmination was the Revolution of Dignity (or Maidan Revolution) in February 2014. The autocratic government of Putin's man in Kyiv was toppled. A process of decommunization and the dismantling of Kremlin-regime connected Ukrainian oligarchs began.
Putin's reaction was the illegitimate invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea (Ukrainian territory) and the fomenting of pro-Russian rebellions in Donetsk and Luhansk in March 2014, a month after the Maidan Revolution. The incursions into this Eastern region of Ukraine, ultimately rendered the territory into a full-blown war upon the illegitimate declaration of the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic. The war to recuperate this attack on Ukrainian sovereignty has been ongoing since 2014. The 2022 full-scale invasion was just a broader and bloodier operation aimed at decapitating Ukraine's state and bringing the nation back into captivity.
This book chronicles the first year of Russia's war on Ukraine through essays and articles. Ukrainian resistance has been epic. This battle between tyranny and freedom must be examined comprehensively. The West has reluctantly aided Ukraine. The Free World's help, however, appears to be targeted enough for the Ukrainian forces not to collapse but not sufficient to defeat the Russian invaders. The fact that Ukraine is still free and independent is of enormous importance. It is seminal that this heroic story be told and remembered.
Also from
Shiling, Julio M.
Dictaduras y sus paradigmas: ¿Por qué algunas dictaduras se caen y otras no?
Shiling, Julio M.
Paperback
$29.99
Also in
Social Movements
Urban Revolutions: Urbanisation and (Neo-)Colonialism in Transatlantic Context
Kipfer, Stefan
Paperback
$43.50
In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era
Iton, Richard
Paperback
$69.59
By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution
Talbot, Margaret
Talbot, David
Hardcover
$27.54
Revolution and Its Alternatives: Other Marxisms, Other Empowerments, Other Priorities
Brass, Tom
Paperback
$43.50
Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace
Chomsky, Noam
Paperback
From $11.99
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
Greenwald, Glenn
Hardcover
$35.14
Doing History from the Bottom Up: On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below
Lynd, Staughton
Paperback
$18.95
They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy
Collins, Lauren
Hardcover
$28.80
Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
Grant, Stephen Starring
Paperback
$17.10
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Hayes, Kelly
Kaba, Mariame
Paperback
From $10.99
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Davis, Angela Y.
Paperback
From $10.99
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington
Chatelain, Marcia
Hardcover
$33.25
Socialism: The Real History from Plato to the Present: How the Deep State Capitalizes on Crises to Consolidate Control [With Paperback Book]
Federer, William J.
Paperback
$19.00
Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight Over Free Speech in Modern America
Loeffler, James
Hardcover
$26.99
The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth
Fowler, Jermaine
Paperback
$17.09
In Sickness and in Health: Love Stories from the Front Lines of America's Caregiving Crisis
Mauldin, Laura
Hardcover
$27.00
Killed to Order: China's Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America's Biggest Adversary
Jekielek, Jan
Hardcover
$31.34
Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea's Personality Cult
Cheng, Jonathan
Hardcover
$32.40
The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin's Greatest Enemy
Ireland, Josh
Hardcover
$31.50
The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America
Rosen, Jeffrey
Hardcover
$27.90
Handbook for the Revolution: Building a More Perfect Union for the Twenty-First Century
Palmer, Derrick
Hardcover
$24.30
Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
Grant, Stephen Starring
Hardcover
From $14.99
I Won't Pretend These Missiles Are Stars: Life in Iran During the 12-Day War
Collective, The Cartoonist
Paperback
$21.84
Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town
Hayden, Michael Edison
Hardcover
$27.00
Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block
Leflouria, Talitha L.
Hardcover
$28.80
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
Ghodsee, Kristen R.
Paperback
$18.04
Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military
Lohmeier, Matthew
Hardcover
$24.65
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
Cobb, Charles E., Jr.
Paperback
$24.65
America in 25 Revolutions: The Story of Our Imperfect Nation's 250-Year Quest to Become a More Perfect Union
Graff, Garrett M.
Hardcover
$30.88
A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children
Gilliland, Haley Cohen
Paperback
$17.99
We've Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America
Dodson, Angela P.
Days, Michael I.
Hardcover
$28.49
Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply
Popovic, Srdja
Miller, Matthew
Paperback
$18.00
College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight
Cohen, Shawn
Paperback
From $8.99
How We Get Free (Updated 2nd Edition): Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta
Paperback
$18.95
The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
Witt, John Fabian
Hardcover
$33.25
We Are Heirs of the World's Revolutions: Speeches from the Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-87
Sankara, Thomas
Paperback
$9.50
Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
Robinson, Cedric J.
Paperback
$48.93
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (20th Anniversary Edition)
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Paperback
$18.04
Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail: A Traveler's Guide to the People, Places, and Events That Made the Movement
Douglas, Deborah D.
Moon Travel Guides
Paperback
$25.64
The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South
Griscom, David
Paperback
$18.95
Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism - A Popular Outline: Unabridged with original tables and footnotes (Aziloth Books)
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
Paperback
$11.24
Against the State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava
Stout, James
Paperback
$21.85
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance
Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake
Paperback
$18.00
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
Wollstonecraft, Mary
Paperback
From $6.99
Trade Up: Why the Future Belongs to Skilled Trades and How Career Education is Transforming the Workforce
Altmire, Jason
Burr, Riley
Paperback
$18.95
Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement
Terry, Brandon M.
Hardcover
$42.00
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
Pahlka, Jennifer
Paperback
$18.99
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Incite!, Incite! Women of Color Against
Paperback
$23.70
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too
Oluo, Ijeoma
Paperback
$18.04
Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do
Terkel, Studs
Paperback
$23.74
Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the Fbi, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
Burrough, Bryan
Paperback
$20.90
Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times
Bergman, Carla
Montgomery, Nick
Paperback
$17.10
The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom
Skousen, W. Cleon
Skousen, Paul B.
Paperback
$26.55
White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition: The Politics of Morality in America
Butler, Anthea
Paperback
$15.20