War In Ukraine Av Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies

<p><strong>Russia¿s brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim. In this concise, accessible and highly informative primer, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies insist the picture is more complicated. </strong></p><p>Yes, Russia¿s aggression was reckless and, ultimately, indefensible. But the West¿s reneging on promises to halt eastward expansion of NATO in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union played a major part in prompting Putin to act. So did the U.S. involvement in the 2014 Ukraine coup and Ukraine''s failure to implement the Minsk peace agreements. The result is a conflict that is increasingly difficult to resolve, one that could conceivably escalate into all-out war between the United States and Russia¿the world¿s two leading nuclear powers.</p><p>Skillfully bringing together the historical record and curre

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