num_pages: 441
description: An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war  from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol.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 wars causes but how the first six months unfolded.With its panoramic view Overreach is an authoritative unmissable record of a conflict that shocked Europe to its core.
language: English
title: Overreach
publisher: Mudlark