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Our enemies will vanish : the Russian invasion and Ukraine's war of independence / Yaroslav Trofimov.
"Yaroslav Trofimov, the Ukrainian chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, offers an eyewitness account of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780593655184 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 385 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2024.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Trofimov, Yaroslav. Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022. Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022 > Personal narratives. Ukraine > History > Autonomy and independence movements. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
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"Yaroslav Trofimov, the Ukrainian chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, offers an eyewitness account of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine"-- - Penguin Putnam
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist ⢠Winner of the Peterson Literary Prize
âOur Enemies Will Vanish achieves the highest level of war reporting: a tough, detailed account that nevertheless reads like a great novel. One is reminded of Michael Herr's Dispatches . . . Frankly, it's what we have all aspired to. I did not really understand Ukraine until I read Trofimov's account.â âSebastian Junger
A revelatory eyewitness account of Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people in their resistance by Yaroslav Trofimov, the Ukrainian chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has spent months on end at the heart of the conflict, very often on its front lines. In this authoritative account, he traces the warâs decisive momentsâfrom the battle for Kyiv to more recently the gruelling and bloody arm wrestle involving the Wagner group over Bakhmutâto show how Ukraine and its allies have turned the tide against Russia, one of the worldâs great military powers, in a modern-day battle of David and Goliath. Putin had intended to conquer and annex Ukraine with a vicious blitzkrieg, redrawing the map of Europe in a few short weeks with seismic geopolitical consequences. But in the face of this existential threat, the Ukrainian people fought back, turning what looked like certain defeat into a great moral victory, even as the territorial battle continues to seesaw to this day. This is the story of the epic bravery of the Ukrainian peopleâpeople Trofimov knows very well.
For Trofimov, this war is deeply personal. He grew up in Kyiv and his family has lived there for generations. With deep empathy and local understanding, Trofimov tells the story of how everyday Ukrainian citizensâdoctors, computer programmers, businesspeople, and schoolteachersârisked their lives and lost loved ones. He blends their brave and tragic stories with expert military analysis, providing unique insight into the thinking of Ukrainian leadership and mapping out the decisive stages of what has become a perilous war for Ukraine, the Putin regime, and indeed, the world.
This brutal, catastrophic struggle is unfolding on another continent, but the United States and its NATO allies have become deeply implicated. As the war drags on, it threatens to engulf the world. We cannot look away. At once heart-breaking and inspiring, Our Enemies Will Vanish is a riveting, vivid, and first-hand account of the Ukrainian refusal to surrender. It is the story of ordinary people fighting not just for their homes and their families but for justice and democracy itself.
