The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023
A WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade.

'Vivid… Shocking… [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.'

Daily Telegraph

'A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb.'

Irish Times

'...powerful and insightful...Miller provides a human dimension to a bloody conflict.'

Kirkus Reviews

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country, and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and a foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia's war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.

This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller's personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine's modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine's peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin's warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond.

With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring, The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people - and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.

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The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023
A WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade.

'Vivid… Shocking… [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.'

Daily Telegraph

'A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb.'

Irish Times

'...powerful and insightful...Miller provides a human dimension to a bloody conflict.'

Kirkus Reviews

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country, and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and a foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia's war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.

This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller's personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine's modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine's peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin's warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond.

With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring, The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people - and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.

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The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023

The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023

by Christopher Miller
The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023

The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023

by Christopher Miller

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A WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade.

'Vivid… Shocking… [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.'

Daily Telegraph

'A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb.'

Irish Times

'...powerful and insightful...Miller provides a human dimension to a bloody conflict.'

Kirkus Reviews

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country, and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and a foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia's war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.

This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller's personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine's modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine's peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin's warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond.

With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring, The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people - and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781399406857
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 07/18/2023
Pages: 400
Sales rank: 586,678
Product dimensions: 9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Christopher Miller is a writer and journalist based in Kyiv, Ukraine and Brooklyn, New York. He appears frequently on major US television news programmes, including those on CNN and MSNBC. He was interviewed for MSNBC's documentary film Headliners: Paul Manafort, and HBO's The Perfect Weapon. Chris also appears regularly on podcasts and radio programmes on the BBC, NPR, CBC, Monocle, Crooked Media and elsewhere.

Since 2022 he has been lead correspondent in Ukraine for the Financial Times. He was previously a world and national security reporter for POLITICO and a Ukraine correspondent for BuzzFeed News, where he covered the Euromaidan revolution and the invasion of Crimea. Before that he spent five years as a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Kyiv. He has lived and worked in Ukraine for 13 years. His writing and journalism has been published in POLITICO Europe, The Times, the Guardian, The Atlantic, CNN, Vice News, the Telegraph, the Independent, The Outline and GlobalPost.

His coverage of Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 was Missouri Honor Medal Winner for Distinguished Service in Journalism.

Table of Contents

Author's Note

Maps

A Brief History of Ukraine

Prologue

Part one: Peace

1 American Boy

2 Friends

3 A Darker Side of the Donbas

4 Acts of Journalism

Part two: Revolution and Annexation

5 Euromaidan

6 “Little Green Men”

7 Voting Under The Gun

Part three: War

8 “Russian Spring”

9 Stamps

10 “Look at Our Republic”

11 “Some Fucking Militia”

12 Volunteer Battalions

13 “Live in a New Way”

14 “This is a War Now”

15 Executioners

16 Fields of Death

17 The Launch Site

18 “The First Real Independence Day”

19 The Supply Runner

20 City of Ghosts

21 POWs

22 The Body Collectors

23 City of a Million Roses

24 Left Behind

25 The Woman in the Grass

26 The Cossack Bomb Squad

27 PTSD

Part four: Full-Scale Invasion

28 Warning Signs

29 Servant of the People

30 Keep Calm and Party On

31 The Battle of Kyiv

32 Control the Skies

33 “Who would like some tea?”

34 “Ya tut”

35 Heroes

36 Escape

37 “It feels like I'm doing something wrong”

38 The Brothers Vyshyvaniy

39 Savagery

40 A Storm on the Horizon

41 Trouble at Sea

42 Siege

43 Filtration

44 Summertime in the City

45 The Battle of the Donbas

46 “The Terrorists are Destroying Everything”

47 Missiles

48 “Fortress Bakhmut”

49 “To Peace”

50 “I. Love. You.”

Acknowledgements

Index

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