The Gates of Europe von Serhii Plokhy
A History of Ukraine

Kategorie: Bücher
Seiten / Format: 432 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Verlag: Penguin Books UK
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9780141980614

The most distinguished historian of Ukraine writing in English. . . Mr Plokhy shows how Ukrainian language, culture and identity flourished in adversity -- which helps explain why, though they have only recently achieved a state of their own, Ukrainians are fighting heroically to defend it Economist

THENEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OFCHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY<br><br>'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation'Sunday Telegraph<br><br>'This is present-minded history at its most urgent. Anyone wanting to understand why Russia and the West confront each other over the future of Ukraine will want to read Serhii Plokhy's reasoned, measured yet passionate account'Michael Ignatieff<br><br>Located at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine has long been the meeting place of empires - Roman to Ottoman, Habsburg to Russian - and they all left their imprint on the landscape, the language and the people living within these shifting borders. In this authoritative book, Harvard Professor and acclaimed author ofChernobyl,Serhii Plokhy traces the history of Ukraine from the arrival of the Vikings in the tenth century to the current Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine and annexation of Crimea.<br><br>Fascinating and multilayered,The Gates of Europeis the essential guide to understanding not just Ukraine's past but also its future.

2GBSerhii Plokhyis the author ofChernobyl: History of a Tragedy, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Pushkin House Book Prize, and theNew York TimesbestsellerThe Gates of Europe.His many acclaimed books, includingThe Russo-Ukrainian War, Nuclear FollyandAtoms and Ashes,have been translated into over a dozen languages. He is Professor of History at Harvard University where he also serves as Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.

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