The gist of your presentation here flies in the face of the current popularly publicized meme. As an astute historian your work shows courage and discipline almost unique today in our heavily subsidized media. Thank you.
Thank you for expressing the truth. The US is behind so many deporable, deadly and foolish policies, it begs understading. Now after the world suffered through so many difficult incidents created by the US, it has to put up with an absolute criminal entity in the oval Office.
Like US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam, and also Russia's Afghanistan war, the Ukraine war by Putin strikes me as a volitional endeavor against dramatized enemies.
Ukraine barely had a military before Russian invaded. Westerners may have been pushy, but is that reason to send 1 million men to their deaths? And counting.
There is ghastly carnage in Ukraine, and it is mostly Russian soldiers.
Ironically, Ukraine may "win" the way all those above-named nations "won." By just not losing.
Russia is losing 1000 men a day, and they are running out of tanks and armored vehicles.
If Ukraine does not quit, in a year Russia will have no more tanks and armored vehicles, and perhaps not enough soldiers.
And for what? Who was going to invade Russia proper?
Most of all, I hope for a ceasefire to end the senseless killing. Almost any deal is a good deal, if the war stops.
i am so glad you are focusing on fact bush 1 and clinton double crossed gorbechev and yeltsin.They set stage for putin's rise and ukraine crisis. after WWII stalin's main conern was bufer to avoid rusia being attacked by germany/europe again.No post WWII president except for JFK want to reminder what russians went through with germany invasion and cost they went through to beat Hitler.soviet union is ones who truly beat Hitler.after invision if USSR replied hitler wa smainly fighting to survive. expansion of Nato is threat to russia no matter who president is In russia.it's crazy to me those pushing the if ulraine falls europe will fall to putin.
I don't disagree with your overview, but Ukraine gave up it nuclear bombs so it could have its own nation, and the rest of Europe is scared to death that if Ukraine falls, their countries may be next. And what about the Russian atrocities that have occurred?
Chris, Yeltsin let go of about 7 provinces in order to dissolve the USSR and get rid of Gorbachev. Mearshimer just wrote a column about how nutty it is to think that somehow Putin is hell bent on conquest. He is the one who devised two peace treaties. Finally, this series is not about comparing which army is more brutal. Its about how a debacle like this should have been and could have been avoided.
The gist of your presentation here flies in the face of the current popularly publicized meme. As an astute historian your work shows courage and discipline almost unique today in our heavily subsidized media. Thank you.
Thanks so much for that.
Thank you for expressing the truth. The US is behind so many deporable, deadly and foolish policies, it begs understading. Now after the world suffered through so many difficult incidents created by the US, it has to put up with an absolute criminal entity in the oval Office.
Like US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam, and also Russia's Afghanistan war, the Ukraine war by Putin strikes me as a volitional endeavor against dramatized enemies.
Ukraine barely had a military before Russian invaded. Westerners may have been pushy, but is that reason to send 1 million men to their deaths? And counting.
There is ghastly carnage in Ukraine, and it is mostly Russian soldiers.
Ironically, Ukraine may "win" the way all those above-named nations "won." By just not losing.
Russia is losing 1000 men a day, and they are running out of tanks and armored vehicles.
If Ukraine does not quit, in a year Russia will have no more tanks and armored vehicles, and perhaps not enough soldiers.
And for what? Who was going to invade Russia proper?
Most of all, I hope for a ceasefire to end the senseless killing. Almost any deal is a good deal, if the war stops.
Putin won't live forever.
Seriously ?
I thought I was serious.
But hey, it's the internet.
You are a Putin fan?
Excellent article Jim. Very detailed.
I've been meaning to get Horton's book and I think I will now. It currently seems to be one the best and most important on the topic.
Thanks. And I think Horton's book is the best on the subject, a little long but good. he really did a lot of research.
i am so glad you are focusing on fact bush 1 and clinton double crossed gorbechev and yeltsin.They set stage for putin's rise and ukraine crisis. after WWII stalin's main conern was bufer to avoid rusia being attacked by germany/europe again.No post WWII president except for JFK want to reminder what russians went through with germany invasion and cost they went through to beat Hitler.soviet union is ones who truly beat Hitler.after invision if USSR replied hitler wa smainly fighting to survive. expansion of Nato is threat to russia no matter who president is In russia.it's crazy to me those pushing the if ulraine falls europe will fall to putin.
And so it goes...
Top scholarship Jim.
Thank you.
Thanks Michael.
I don't disagree with your overview, but Ukraine gave up it nuclear bombs so it could have its own nation, and the rest of Europe is scared to death that if Ukraine falls, their countries may be next. And what about the Russian atrocities that have occurred?
Chris, Yeltsin let go of about 7 provinces in order to dissolve the USSR and get rid of Gorbachev. Mearshimer just wrote a column about how nutty it is to think that somehow Putin is hell bent on conquest. He is the one who devised two peace treaties. Finally, this series is not about comparing which army is more brutal. Its about how a debacle like this should have been and could have been avoided.
Right, but where do go from there?