4 records matched your query
02414aam a2200397M 4500 001 4C52464E328C11EEBDD4A74441ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230804010037 008 220729t20222022enk e 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0008562776 020 $a 9780008562779 020 $a 0008562741 020 $a 9780008562748 035 $a (OCoLC)1343198427 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $d AUPTL $d OCLCQ $d NLMVD $d OCLCF $d SILO 100 1 $a Matthews, Owen, $e author. 245 10 $a Overreach : $b the inside story of Putin's war against Ukraine / $c Owen Matthews. 264 1 $a London, UK : $b HarperCollins, $c 2022. 300 $a v. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Blood and empire -- Warpath -- Pyrokinesis. 520 $a "The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War - and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin apparently lurched from a calculating, subtle master of opportunity to a reckless gambler, putting his regime - and Russia itself - at risk of destruction. Why? Drawing on over 25 years' experience as a correspondent in Moscow, as well as his own family ties to Russia and Ukraine, journalist Owen Matthews takes us through the poisoned historical roots of the conflict, into the Covid bubble where Putin conceived his invasion plans in a fog of paranoia about Western threats, and finally into the inner circle around Ukrainian president and unexpected war hero Volodimir Zelensky. Using the accounts of current and former insiders from the Kremlin and its propaganda machine, the testimony of captured Russian soldiers and on-the-ground reporting from Russia and Ukraine, Overreach tells the story not only of the war's causes but how the first six months unfolded"--Publisher's description. 650 0 $a Ukraine Conflict, 2014- 650 0 $a Ukraine Conflict, 2014- $x Causes. 650 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Foreign relations $z Ukraine. 650 0 $a Ukraine $x Foreign relations $z Russia (Federation) 653 0 $a Political issues 653 0 $a War crimes 653 0 $a Military history 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9780008562755 941 $a 3 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525042026.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240409060611.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011607.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4C52464E328C11EEBDD4A74441ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search