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DESCRIPTION:Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked th
 e world. And yet\, to Ukrainians\, this attack was painfully familiar\, the
  latest episode in a centuries-long Russian campaign to divide and oppress 
 Ukraine.  \n\nIn Intent to Destroy\, political scientist Eugene Finkel unco
 vers these deep roots of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Ukraine is a key borderla
 nd between Russia and the West\, and\, following the rise of Russian nation
 alism in the nineteenth century\, dominating Ukraine became the cornerstone
  of Russian policy. Russia has long used genocidal tactics—killings\, depor
 tations\, starvation\, and cultural destruction—to successfully crush Ukrai
 nian efforts to chart an independent path. As Finkel shows\, today’s violen
 ce is simply a more extreme version of the Kremlin’s long-standing policy. 
 But unlike in the past\, the people of Ukraine—motivated by the rise of dem
 ocracy in their nation—have overcome their deep internal divisions. For the
  first time\, they have united in favor of independence from Russia. \n\nWh
 atever the outcome of the present war\, Ukraine’s staunch resistance has pe
 rmanently altered its relationship to Russia and the West. Intent to Destro
 y offers the vital context we need to truly understand Europe’s bloodiest c
 onflict since World War II.
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SUMMARY:Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukra
 ine | Book Talk with Eugene Finkel
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 r-quest-to-dominate-ukraine-book-talk-with-eugene-finkel
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