War in Ukraine

Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict

By: Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Katrina vanden Heuvel - preface

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Russia's brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim. In this concise, accessible and highly informative primer, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies insist the picture is more complicated.

Yes, Russia's aggression was reckless and, ultimately, indefensible. But the West's reneging on promises to halt eastward expansion of NATO in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union played a major part in prompting Putin to act. So did the U.S. involvement in the 2014 Ukraine coup and Ukraine's failure to implement the Minsk peace agreements. The result is a conflict that is increasingly difficult to resolve, one that could conceivably escalate into all-out war between the United States and Russia—the world's two leading nuclear powers.

Skillfully bringing together the historical record and current analysis, War in Ukraine looks at the events leading up to the conflict, surveys the different parties involved, and weighs the risks of escalation and opportunities for peace. For anyone who wants to get beneath the heavily propagandized media coverage to an understanding of a war with consequences that could prove cataclysmic, this timely book will be an urgent necessity.

©2022 Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies (P)2023 Tantor

Excellent overview of the war in Ukraine I

I found the book very informative and everyone should listen to this as mainstream media is completely slanted.

Informative

Lots of info and very informative. The reader has a terrific voice. The book was enjoyable

Thorough, Concise, Necessary

In a war of propaganda and slanted media this book really gives the average human being an understanding of the history and triggers of the conflict.

It highlights a more empathetic perspective of both sides and the muddy lines intentionally blurried by bad actors.

Beneath it all, the puppeteers of American, EU and NATO NGOs facing off against Russian oligarchs and the Kremlin.

I hope all humans read and understand how easily we commit atrocities in full belief of our values.