War in Ukraine: a free book - Hal Brands (ed.)

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War in Ukraine

Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World

edited by Hal Brands

Publication Date

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024

The war in Ukraine has altered the course of global history. These authors explore how.

When Vladimir Putin's forces sought to conquer Ukraine in February 2022, they did more than threaten the survival of a vulnerable democracy. The invasion unleashed a crisis that has changed the course of world affairs. This conflict has reshaped alliances, deepened global cleavages, and caused economic disruptions that continue to reverberate around the globe. It has initiated the first great-power nuclear crisis in decades and raised fundamental questions about the sources of national power and military might in the modern age. The outcome of the conflict will profoundly influence the international balance of power, the relationship between democracies and autocracies, and the rules that govern global affairs. 

In War in Ukraine, Hal Brands brings together an all-star group of analysts to assess the conflict's origins, course, and implications and to offer their appraisals of one of the most geopolitically consequential crises of the early twenty-first century. Essays cover topics including the twists and turns of the war itself, the successes and failures of US strategy, the impact of sanctions, the future of Russia and its partnership with China, and more.

Contributors: Anne Applebaum, Joshua Baker, Alexander Bick, Hal Brands, Daniel Drezner, Peter Feaver, Lawrence Freedman, Francis Gavin, Brian Hart, William Inboden, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Michael Kimmage, Michael Kofman, Stephen Kotkin, Mark Leonard, Bonny Lin, Thomas Mahnken, Dara Massicot, Michael McFaul, Robert Person, Kori Schake, and Ashley Tellis.

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/122782 

1. Cover
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1. About the Editor
2. p. ii
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1. Half title, Title, Copyright, Table of Contents, Acknowledgments 
2. pp. iii-vii
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1. The Ukraine War and Global Order
2. Hal Brands
3. pp. 1-14
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1. Part I: Origins and Overviews

1. 1. Ukraine, Russia, China, and the World
2. Stephen Kotkin
3. pp. 17-33
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1. 2. Why Putin Invaded Ukraine
2. Michael McFaul and Robert Person
3. pp. 34-54
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1. 3. Strategic Fanaticism: Vladimir Putin and Ukraine
2. Lawrence Freedman
3. pp. 55-70
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1. 4. The Failure to Deter: US Policy toward Ukraine and Russia from the End of the Cold War until February 24, 2022
2. Michael Kimmage
3. pp. 71-84
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1. 5. How the War Will End
2. Anne Applebaum
3. pp. 85-95
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1. Part II: The Conflict

1. 6. The Russia-Ukraine War: Military Operations and Battlefield Dynamics
2. Michael Kofman
3. pp. 99-120
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1. 7. Russian Military Resilience and Adaptation: Implications for the War in Ukraine and Beyond
2. Dara Massicot
3. pp. 121-138
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1. 8. Planning for the Worst: The Russia-Ukraine “Tiger Team”
2. Alexander Bick
3. pp. 139-155
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1. 9. US Strategy in Ukraine
2. Kori Schake
3. pp. 156-172
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1. 10. Nuclear Lessons and Dilemmas from the War in Ukraine
2. Francis J. Gavin
3. pp. 173-186
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1. 11. Fallacies of Strategic Thinking in the Ukraine War
2. Thomas G. Mahnken and Joshua Baker
3. pp. 187-202
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1. Part III: Global Dimensions and Implications

1. 12. The Ukraine War and Global Cleavages
2. Ashley J. Tellis
3. pp. 205-223
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1. 13. Putin’s Point of No Return
2. Andrea Kendall-Taylor
3. pp. 224-238
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1. 14. Accelerating Profound Changes Unseen in a Century: Chinese Assessments of and Responses to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
2. Bonny Lin and Brian Hart
3. pp. 239-257
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1. 15. The European Union as a War Project: Five Pathways toward a Geopolitical Europe
2. Mark Leonard
3. pp. 258-272
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1. 16. Lose-Lose: The Economic Sanctions of the Russo-Ukrainian War
2. Daniel W. Drezner
3. pp. 273-287
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1. 17. America’s Global Role in the Shadow of the Ukraine Conflict
2. Peter D. Feaver and William Inboden
3. pp. 288-303
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1. Index
2. pp. 305-313
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