The frontline : essays on Ukraine's past and present / Serhii Plokhy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Harvard series in Ukrainian studies ; v. 81.

Harvard series in Ukrainian studies ; 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ukraine--History.

Ukraine.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 400 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press for the Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021

Summary:

"The Frontline presents a selection of essays drawn together for the first time to form a companion volume to Plokhy's The Gates of Europe and Chernobyl. Here he expands upon his analysis in earlier works of key events in Ukrainian history, including Ukraine's complex relations with Russia and the West, the burden of tragedies such as the Holodomor and World War II, the impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and Ukraine's contribution to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Juxtaposing Ukraine's history to the contemporary politics of memory, this volume provides a multidimensional image of a country that continues to make headlines around the world. Eloquent in style and comprehensive in approach, the essays collected here reveal the roots of the ongoing political, cultural, and military conflict in Ukraine, the largest country in Europe" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Quo Vadis Ukrainian History?

I. COSSACK STOCK

2. Placing Ukraine on the Map of Europe

3. Russia and Ukraine: Did They Reunite in 1654?

4. Hadiach 1658: The Origins of a Myth

5. The Return of Ivan Mazepa

II. THE RED CENTURY

6. How Russian Was the Russian Revolution?

7. Killing by Hunger

8. Mapping the Great Famine

9. The Call of Blood

10. The Battle for Eastern Europe

11. The American Dream

III. FAREWELL TO THE EMPIRE

12. The Soviet Collapse

13. Chornobyl

14. Truth in Our Times

15. The Empire Strikes Back

16. When Stalin Lost His Head

17. Goodbye Lenin!

IV. EUROPEAN HORIZONS

18. The Russian Question

19. The Quest for Europe

20. The New Eastern Europe

21. Reimagining the Continent.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-386) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780674268821

0674268822

OCLC:

1266215712