A definitive contemporary political, economic, and cultural history from a leading international expert, this is the first single-volume work to survey and analyze Soviet and post-Soviet Ukrainian history since 1953 as the basis for understanding the nation today.
• Integrates late-Soviet and post-Soviet history to explain the continuity of the legacies of the USSR on contemporary Ukraine
• Provides alternative and original insights into Ukrainian politics that provide an original perspective different from standard frameworks
• Includes an extensive range of interviews with leading Ukrainian politicians, civic activists, and businesspersons as well as Western policymakers and leaders of the Ukrainian diaspora who provide unique insights into contemporary Ukrainian politics
• Shares biographical entries that reflect the author's three decades of personal involvement in contemporary Ukraine
• Draws on a wide range of primary and original sources
• Features original and previously unseen photographs