Book review: Frontline Ukraine: crisis in the borderlands by Richard Sakwa
Journal: London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Year: 2016

In Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands, Richard Sakwa examines the contemporary crisis in Ukraine centred on the disputed territory of Crimea and the eastern regions. Sakwa traces the origins, developments and significance of the conflict from the Euromaidan protests up until the parliamentary elections of October 2014. While Paul Wingrove advises that readers exercise caution and their own judgment when navigating texts on this highly debated political terrain, he praises Sakwa’s maste