But the war also changed Russia itself far more than most outsiders grasp. No cease-fire, not even one brokered by a U.S.

Rainsford’s writing—on the war, on the Kremlin’s indomitable opponents, on the contrasts between Russia’s harsh realities and the warmth of its people—is vivid and compelling.

Defeated by the Red Army in the Russian Civil War of 1918–20, the Whites spent the next two decades in exile in Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, and beyond, yearning to liberate Russia from what they ...

Finkel, a historian and political scientist, offers a nuanced and highly readable account of the complex history of Ukraine from medieval times to the ongoing Russian invasion. For centuries, the ...

Giles believes that Russia is a revisionist force willing to risk great-power war to realize its goal of territorial expansion, not just in Ukraine but across eastern Europe. He compares the West’s ...

The scheme depends on Trump’s support and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s acquiescence. And both of them have already rejected their appointed roles. Trump is no more likely to commit the United ...