{"id":44995,"date":"2025-02-24T22:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=44995"},"modified":"2025-02-24T22:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:49:28","slug":"christopher-miller-the-war-came-to-us-life-and-death-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=44995","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Miller, \u201eThe War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now updated in paperback with a new foreword and never-before-seen photographs, The War Came to Us <\/em>is Christopher Miller’s journalist breathtaking exploration of Ukraine’s past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history… The War Came To Us<\/em> is an important book, and a testament to the importance of quality journalism.”–Irish Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country, and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times <\/em>and a foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.

This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller’s personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came To Us <\/em>takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine’s modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine’s peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin’s warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond.

With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring, The War Came To Us <\/em>is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people – and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence. This updated paperback edition features a new foreword from the author reflecting on the conflict and never-before-seen photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author’s Note
Maps
A Brief History of Ukraine
Prologue
Part one: Peace
1 American Boy
2 Friends
3 A Darker Side of the Donbas
4 Acts of Journalism
Part two: Revolution and Annexation
5 Euromaidan
6 \u201cLittle Green Men\u201d
7 Voting Under The Gun
Part three: War
8 \u201cRussian Spring\u201d
9 Stamps
10 \u201cLook at Our Republic\u201d
11 \u201cSome Fucking Militia\u201d
12 Volunteer Battalions
13 \u201cLive in a New Way\u201d
14 \u201cThis is a War Now\u201d
15 Executioners
16 Fields of Death
17 The Launch Site
18 \u201cThe First Real Independence Day\u201d
19 The Supply Runner
20 City of Ghosts
21 POWs
22 The Body Collectors
23 City of a Million Roses
24 Left Behind
25 The Woman in the Grass
26 The Cossack Bomb Squad
27 PTSD
Part four: Full-Scale Invasion
28 Warning Signs
29 Servant of the People
30 Keep Calm and Party On
31 The Battle of Kyiv
32 Control the Skies
33 \u201cWho would like some tea?\u201d
34 \u201cYa tut\u201d
35 Heroes
36 Escape
37 \u201cIt feels like I’m doing something wrong\u201d
38 The Brothers Vyshyvaniy
39 Savagery
40 A Storm on the Horizon
41 Trouble at Sea
42 Siege
43 Filtration
44 Summertime in the City
45 The Battle of the Donbas
46 \u201cThe Terrorists are Destroying Everything\u201d
47 Missiles
48 \u201cFortress Bakhmut\u201d
49 \u201cTo Peace\u201d
50 \u201cI. Love. You.\u201d
Acknowledgements
Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Product details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published Jan 14 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Format Paperback<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edition 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extent   416<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/war-came-to-us-9781399406789<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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