BOOK REVIEW - Lawrence Freedman, Ukraine and the Art of Strategy, New York, Oxford University Press, 2019, pp. 248.
Journal: Euro-Atlantic Studies
Year: 2024

In March 2014, the international community faced one of the most serious crises since the end of the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Crimea, which had been part of Ukraine, was now part of the Russian Federation territory. Shortly after, Russia’s unexpected invasion of the Crimean Peninsula was followed by an armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine between pro-Russia separatist rebels and the Ukrainian forces. The actions were condemned by the Western states, Russia being san