EAN: 9781399406857

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

'Vivid. Shocking. [Miller] brings a seasoned personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.' Daily Telegraph 'A beautiful blend of memoir reportage and history...superb.' Irish Times A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past present and future and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia written by the leading journalist of the conflict. When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022 it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and the foremost journalist covering the country was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia's war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier. This is the definitive inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller's personal experiences vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine's modern history. From the coal-dusted sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv from the Black Sea shores of Crimea where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine's peninsula to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin's warlords ruled with iron fists and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha Bakhmut Mariupol and beyond. With candor wit and sensitivity Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast defiant resilient and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people - and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.

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