Slava Ukraini : strategy and the spirit of Ukrainian resistance 2014–2023/ / Ilmari Käihkö

• Autore: Käihkö Ilmari
• Pubblicazione: Helsinki : , : Helsinki University Press, , 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, Ukrainian; Ukrainians
• Soggetto geografico: Ukraine History; Ukraine History 2014-
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction The Argument Volunteer Battalions and Strategy The War in Donbas Structure and Contents of the Volume Ethnography and the War in Ukraine Entering the Fray Nature of War and Research Methodology A Methodological Conclusion Portrayals of Key Informants Volunteers’ Reformist Journey The Gendered War in Donbas Foreigners Who Fight Their Own Wars The War That Never Was Setting the Stage An “Unexpected Nation” at War From Revolution to War Contemporary War The Sitzkrieg The War That Never Was The Spirit of 2014 Creation of Force From the Maidan to the Front Strategy and the Politics of Creation of Force Organizing Force Assessing the Volunteer Battalions Control of Force Control of Force Avoiding Anarchy Controlling the Volunteer Battalions The End of the Volunteer Battalions? Use of Force A Conventional War From Revolution to Subversion War Between People “Police Operations” The War that Was Use of Volunteer Force A Protracted War Creation Control and Use of Force in the 2022 War Why Did Russia Invade in 2022? Creation of Force Control of Force Use of Force Conclusions Strategy and the Ukrainian Volunteer Battalions References Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: “Slava Ukraini!" Strategy and the Spirit of Ukrainian Resistance tells the story of the volunteers lauded to have saved Ukraine twice. The volunteers first emerged in the spring of 2014 after the onset of the war in Donbas in a context characterized by ambiguity, state weakness, political uncertainty, and threat. They re-emerged again in February 2022 after the large-scale Russian invasion. Aimed at an interdisciplinary audience, this volume makes significant contributions to our understanding of events in Ukraine over the past decade. Based on ethnographic fieldwork with volunteer battalion fighters, the volume focuses on strategy, or the creation, control, and use of force. This framework is first applied to the volunteer militias to further the understanding of militia strategy conducted after 2014, and then to the first year and a half that followed the Russian invasion in 2022.“Slava Ukraini!" also discusses the long-term sociological impact of volunteer battalions and the war they fought in Ukraine. The Ukrainian spirit of resistance emerged first on the Maidan in November 2013, ignited the volunteer Spirit of 2014 after the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea, and ultimately flared-up on a national scale in a manner which surprised the invading Russian forces in 2022. Yet initially the volunteers may also have exacerbated internal divisions in Ukraine. The Spirit of 2014 was also better suited to a war of movement than immobile trench warfare that left little room for heroism and aggressive soldiering. Unrealistic expectations about modern warfare led to disillusionment, and many volunteers leaving the war in 2015. The perceived stalemate and lack of Ukrainian soldiers by late 2023 raised the question of a similar dynamic witnessed in 2014 and 1914 alike.
• Titolo autorizzato: Slava Ukraini
• ISBN: 952-369-095-7; 9789523690950
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910764244103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II