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From
the revolutionary use of drones to staged coups, child abduction and psychological
warfare, the war in Ukraine is like no other. It is a new form of total war, combining
traditional military force with all the non-military tools of the Russian state.
The 2022 invasion was just the next stage of a conflict that Russia has been
fighting since 2005, using all the tactics at its disposal to control Ukraine's
politics and wreak havoc.
Combining
over a decade of research, astute analysis and powerful stories from the front
line, and including striking photographs of the people and scenes he
encountered along the way, Bob Seely has written the authoritative guide to
this new form of conflict. Travelling extensively throughout Ukraine, Seely
meets figures such as Panoushka, the sniper who continues to fight despite the
loss of her fiance, and Ksenia, the seventeen-year-old who journeyed through
Russia searching for her abducted younger brother. Above all, Seely argues that
understanding Moscow's new total war is critical because Russia considers
itself at war with the West as well as Ukraine, directing some of the tactics
used there against us.
Insightful,
gripping and at times moving, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants
to understand the unconventional methods Russia and other authoritarian states
will use to challenge the West for global supremacy and undermine our beliefs, power
and influence.
