Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge (eBook)

This firsthand account of contemporary history is key to understanding Russia's latest assault on its neighbor.USA TodayAn eyewitness account by a U.S. diplomat of Russias brazen attempt to undo the democratic revolution in UkraineTold from the perspective of a U.S. diplomat in Kyiv, this book is the true story of Ukraines anti-corruption revolution in 201314, Russias intervention and invasion of that nation, and the limited role played by the United States. It puts into a readable narrative the previously unpublished reporting by seasoned U.S. diplomatic and military professionals, a wealth of information on Ukrainian high-level and street-level politics, a broad analysis of the international context, and vivid descriptions of people and places in Ukraine during the EuroMaidan Revolution. The book also counters Russias disinformation narratives about the revolution and Americas role in it.While focusing on a single country during a dramatic three-year period, the books universal themesamong them, truth versus lies, democracy versus autocracypossess a broader urgency for our times. That urgency burns particularly hot for the United States and all other countries that are the targets of Russia's cyber warfare and other forms of political skullduggery.From his posting in U.S. Embassy Kyiv (201214), the author observed and reported first-hand on the EuroMaidan Revolution that wrested power from corrupt pro-Kremlin Ukrainian autocrat Viktor Yanukovych.The book also details Russias attempt to abort the Ukrainian revolution through threats, economic pressure, lies, and intimidation. When all of that failed, the Kremlin exacted revenge by annexing Ukraine's territory of Crimea and fomenting and sustaining a hybrid war in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 13,000 people and continues to this day.Ukraine's Revolt, Russias Revenge is based on the authors own observations and the multitude of reports of his Embassy colleagues who were eyewitnesses to a crucial event in contemporary history.