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Veidlinger, JeffreyIn the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust2021, 2022 paperback9781250116253https://bookshop.org/a/709/9781250812124DC Library - read 8/22: paperback now availableImportant historical background from early 20th century Additional comments here.
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Kuzio, Taras, Sergei I. Zhuk, & Paul D´Anieri, eds.Ukraine's Outpost: Dnipropetrovsk and the Russian-Ukrainian War20229781910814604https://www.e-ir.info/publication/ukraines-outpost-dnipropetrovsk-and-the-russian-ukrainian-war/DC Library - read 10/22; available open-sourceComplexities squared in one contested area.
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Cohen, Stephen N.War with Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate (Memorial Edition)20229781510755468https://bookshop.org/a/709/9781510755468Read 10/22 - own copyLeading U.S. scholar on Russia; husband of Katrina vanden Heuvel (publisher of The Nation)
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Robinson, Cedric J.Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition (Revised and Updated Third Edition)20209781469663732https://bookshop.org/a/709/9781469663722Read 10/22 - own copyFirst chapter on racial capitalism is fundamental for understanding Ukraine.
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Orenstein, Mitchell A.The Lands In Between: Russia vs. the West and the New Politics of Hybrid Warfare20199780190936143https://bookshop.org/a/709/9780190936143DC Library read 10/22A classic example of ideology driving scholarship rather than vice versa. Right-wing think tank product. Additional comments here.
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Colborne, MichaelFrom the Fires of War: Ukraine's Azov Movement and the Global Far Right20229783838215082https://bookshop.org/a/709/9783838215082DC Library read 03/23Detailed account by Canadian journalist with original reporting, including sources in Ukrainian and Russian. He is careful not to generalize from Azov to Ukraine as a whole. But clearly notes how influential they have been.
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Benjamin, Medea & Nicolas J.S. DaviesWar in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict20229781682193716https://bookshop.org/a/709/9781682193716Read 01/23 - own copyA balanced overview. Published in September 2022. Not written by specialists in the subject, so not in as much depth as might be desired.
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Arel, Dominique & Jesse DriscollUkraine´s Unnamed War: Before the Russian Invasion of 202220239781009055949https://bookshop.org/a/709/9781009055949Read 03/23 - own copy Very careful work in both theoretical and empirical terms. Analysis is nuanced, but concludes that the origin of the war was basically a civil war within Eastern Ukraine set off by local elites.
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Lieven, DominicThe End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution20159780143109556https://bookshop.org/a/709/9780143109556Own copy - not yet readEarly 20th century background
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Plokhy, SerhiThe Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine (revised edition)20219781541675463https://bookshop.org/a/709/9781541675643DC Library - not yet readHarvard professor & head of Ukraine Research Institute there. Establishment historian
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Yovanovitch, MarieLessons from the Edge20229780063268630https://bookshop.org/a/709/9780063268630Litttle Free Library - not yet readFirst-hand account of events during the Trump administration
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