Benjamin Abelow - How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. And NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe

This is a splendid little book, tautly written, logically organized, easy to read, and persuasive but appropriately caveated. It is an invaluable primer on the trends and events that produced the escalating warfare in Ukraine. Without understanding the history documented in this book, there will be no de-escalation of the U.S.-Russian confrontation on Europes eastern borders.

Chas Freeman, previously Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, author of Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy

A brilliant, remarkably concise explanation of the danger that U.S. and NATO military involvement in Ukraine has created. Needs to be read and pondered by every citizen capable of thinking rationally and responsibly about American and European security.

Jack F. Matlock, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1987-1991, author of Superpower Illusions

Very well-done, very reasonable. Reviews material that should be much better known.

Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Laureate Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona

For those concerned about U.S. national security and the peace of Europe, this book is essential reading.

Douglas Macgregor, Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army, author of Margin of Victor, was decorated for valor in the Battle of 73 Easting in Iraq and served as Director of NATOs Joint Operations Center at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe)

For anyone interested in understanding the true causes of the disaster in Ukraine, How the West Brought War to Ukraine is required reading. Abelow makes a clear and compelling case that the United States and its NATO alliesnot Vladimir Putinare the principal culprits.

John J. Mearsheimer, author of The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago

A concise yet comprehensive and accessible overview. Invaluable for understanding how war once again came to Europe. Benjamin Abelow demonstrates that the crisis in Ukraine was predictable, predictedand avoidable.

Richard Sakwa, author of Frontline Ukraine and The Putin Paradox, is Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent

Ben Abelow takes us beyond the false narratives and into the truth of the Ukraine crisis.

Krishen Mehta, Senior Global Justice Fellow, Yale University, and Director, American Committee for US-Russia Accord

In the Ukraine proxy war between the United States/NATO and Russia, we face a threat of nuclear escalation that could end human civilization. Abelows book is essential reading for all who wish to understand this threat and why, 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it has re-emerged.

Gilbert Doctorow, author of Memoirs of a Russianist, is an historian and independent Russia specialist based in Brussels Headquarters Allied Powers Europe)

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ISBN: 978-0-9910767-1-0

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022911492

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Names: Abelow, Benjamin, author

Title: How the West brought war to Ukraine : understanding how U.S. and NATO policies led to crisis, war, and the risk of nuclear catastrophe / Benjamin Abelow

Description: [Great Barrington, Massachusetts] : Siland Press, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: ISBN: 978-0-9910767-0-3 (paperback) | 978-0-9910767-1-0 (ebook) | LCCN: 2022911492

Subjects: LCSH: Ukraine Conflict, 2014- | United StatesForeign relationsRussia (Federation) | North Atlantic Treaty Organization. | North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationUkraine. | EuropeForeign relationsRussia (Federation)21st century. | Western countriesForeign relationsRussia (Federation)21st century. | National securityEurope. | National securityUnited States. | Russia (Federation)Foreign relations21st century. | Security, InternationalEuropeHistory21st century. | Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. | South Ossetia War, 2008. | Nuclear arms control. | Nuclear crisis control. | Nuclear warfare. | Geopolitics. | Baltic StatesStrategic aspects. | World politics. | International relations. | Political science. | BISAC: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General. | POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union.

Classification: LCC: DK508.852 .A24 2022 | DDC: 947.7086--dc23