Abstract
“This firsthand account of contemporary history is key to understanding Russia's latest assault on its neighbor."—USA Today An eyewitness account by a U.S. diplomat of Russia’s brazen attempt to undo the democratic revolution in Ukraine
Told from the perspective of a U.S. diplomat in Kyiv, this book is the true story of Ukraine’s anti-corruption revolution in 2013—14, Russia’s intervention and invasion of that nation, and the limited role played by the United States. It puts into a readable narrative the previously unpublished reporting by seasoned U.S. diplomatic and military professionals, a wealth of information on Ukrainian high-level and street-level politics, a broad analysis of the international context, and vivid descriptions of people and places in Ukraine during the EuroMaidan Revolution. The book also counters Russia’s disinformation narratives about the revolution and America’s role in it.
While focusing on a single country during a dramatic three-year period, the book’s universal themes—among them, truth versus lies, democracy versus autocracy—possess a broader urgency for our times. That urgency burns particularly hot for the United States and all other countries that are the targets of Russia's cyber warfare and other forms of political skullduggery.
From his posting in U.S. Embassy Kyiv (2012–14), the author observed and reported first-hand on the EuroMaidan Revolution that wrested power from corrupt pro-Kremlin Ukrainian autocrat Viktor Yanukovych.
The book also details Russia’s attempt to abort the Ukrainian revolution through threats, economic pressure, lies, and intimidation. When all of that failed, the Kremlin exacted revenge by annexing Ukraine's territory of Crimea and fomenting and sustaining a hybrid war in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 13,000 people and continues to this day.
Ukraine's Revolt, Russia’s Revenge is based on the author’s own observations and the multitude of reports of his Embassy colleagues who were eyewitnesses to a crucial event in contemporary history.
Schlagworte
ukraine ukraine's anti-corruption revolution united states viktor yanukovych russia kiev crimea invasion euromaiden revolution- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- 68–102 Blood-Stained Granite 68–102
- 266–290 Stealing Simferopol 266–290
- 342–387 The Lie Metastasizes 342–387
- 388–392 Epilogue 388–392
12 Treffer gefunden
- „... Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s RevengeSMITHThe 2013 anti-corruption revolution that saw the ouster of Ukraine’s ...” „... venge Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s RevengeSMITHThe 2013 anti-corruption revolution that saw the oust r of ...” „... recommendations and, 44; Naftogaz, anti-corruption raid on, 314; pipelines through Ukraine to Europe, 36–38, 116 ...”
- „... 2013 anti-corruption revolution that saw the ouster of Ukraine’s venal president set the trajec-tory ...” „... anti-corruption revolution that saw the ouster of Ukraine’s venal president set the trajec-tory for today’s clash ...” „... anti-corruption revolution that saw the ouster of Ukraine’s venal president set the trajec-tory for today’s clash ...”
- „... officials accountable for inefficiency or corruption. If Europe could have it, why not Ukraine? In emotional ...” „... minister of Ukraine became an internationally known figure. By the time of the Orange Revolution in 2004 ...” „... Arab Spring in Ukraine” and “TechCamp = Revolution.” After they broke into the building, they didn’t ...”
- „... revolution.” Even more menacingly, the most prominent of the Kremlin’s surrogate politicians in Ukraine ...” „... sort in Ukraine. On the contrary, Ya-nukovych’s corruption caused a disappointed Washington to step ...” „... . The rest was tied up in corruption hell. China had given Ukraine about $1.5 billion at the start of a ...”
- „... — an anti- GOU comix series which tells the story of official corruption and the rule of lawlessness in ...” „... new capital of an anti- Maidan Ukraine (Kharkiv had been the administrative center of Soviet Ukraine ...” „... parliamentarian Oleh Tsaryov of people he wanted expelled from Ukraine for “promoting color revolution.” Proving ...”
- „... propaganda narrative that the United States was fostering revolution in Ukraine, paying Maidan protesters ...” „... international students to a literary Smith, Chris_Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge_i-xxii_1-410.indd 190 ...” „... Russian territory and its status as an integral part of Ukraine. Crimea always had the superficial air of ...”
- „... anti- Maidan political base in Ukraine’s east even at the expense of Ukraine’s continued existence as a ...” „... base camp for anti- Maidan protesters close to the Rada. Government forces used tear gas in multiple ...” „... locations.Smith, Chris_Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge_i-xxii_1-410.indd 217 11/18/21 8:43 AMUK R A INE ’ S ...”
- „... , Russophobes, and anti- Semites executed this coup. They continue to set the tone in Ukraine to this day.” He ...” „... murderously, genocidally anti- Russian, and anything that Russia might do to Ukraine was justifiable self ...” „... partners for the trip to Do-netsk. We headed to Kyiv’s Boryspil airport that night to board our Ukraine ...”
- „... “Revolution Tree”—a symbol of the uprising.J.P. GreshBanners hanging from the Globus pedestrian bridge marked one edge ...” „... turned to the Verkhovna Rada— Ukraine’s parliament. The Rada was typically a slow and delibera-tive body ...” „... the next hugely controversial bill passed in seconds, and so on. If Smith, Chris_Ukraine's Revolt ...”
- „... government” reaching out to the most stridently “anti- Maidan” elements of Smith, Chris_Ukraine's Revolt ...” „... , Smith, Chris_Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge_i-xxii_1-410.indd 342 11/18/21 8:43 AMThe Lie ...” „... within Ukraine were jangling nerves in Poland and the Baltic countries, where Putin’s use of history as a ...”
- „... disappointment with that country’s corruption and inability to get its own act together. Anti- American ...” „... substantial chunk of Ukraine’s state assets was over. Many of his cronies had also fled. The new government ...” „... Ukraine’s “ability to control phytosan-itary standards.” Apparently these officials believed that some ...”
- „... but bloody victory of democratic revolution in Ukraine, my country faces an even greater threat. These ...” „... to equal. Especially in the aftermath of the recent revolution, with Ukraine’s military and security ...” „... govern-ment in Ukraine was anti- Semitic or that there was any widespread violence or discrimination against ...”