The Zelensky Effect - Olga Onuch, Henry E. Hale

The Zelensky Effect

Buch | Softcover
424 Seiten
2023
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80526-038-7 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
A disturbing portrait of the fascist youth movements warping Russian society and politics.
A compelling story of how ordinary Ukrainians saved their nation.


With Russian shells raining on Kyiv and tanks closing in, American forces prepared to evacuate Ukraine’s leader. Just three years earlier, his apparent main qualification had been playing a president on TV. But Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly retorted, ‘I need ammunition, not a ride.’ Ukrainian forces won the battle for Kyiv, ensuring their country’s independence even as a longer war began for the southeast.


You cannot understand the historic events of 2022 without understanding Zelensky. But the Zelensky effect is less about the man himself than about the civic nation he embodies: what makes Zelensky most extraordinary in war is his very ordinariness as a Ukrainian.


The Zelensky Effect explains this paradox, exploring Ukraine’s national history to show how its now-iconic president reflects the hopes and frustrations of the country’s first ‘independence generation’. Interweaving social and political background with compelling episodes from Zelensky’s life and career, this is the story of Ukraine told through the journey of one man who has come to symbolise his country.

Olga Onuch is Professor of Comparative and Ukrainian Politics at the University of Manchester and Henry E. Hale is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie New Perspectives on Eastern Europe & Eurasia
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 1-80526-038-3 / 1805260383
ISBN-13 978-1-80526-038-7 / 9781805260387
Zustand Neuware
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