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100	1		_aBesemeres, John.
245	1	2	_aA Difficult Neighbourhood : _bEssays on Russia and East-Central Europe since World War II.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCanberra : _bANU Press, _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016.
300			_a1 online resource (538 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- List of maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Reclaiming the Empire -- Part 1. Twentieth-century Poland: War and Cold War -- Seven days that shook the world -- A difficult neighbourhood -- Jan Karski's valiant failures -- The worst of both worlds: Captain Witold Pilecki between Hitler and Stalin -- Speaking truth to power and prejudice -- Part 2. Poland and Russia since the fall of communism: Drawing apart -- Poland/Russia: Peace or ceasefire? -- Heading west, heading east: Impressions from Warsaw and Moscow -- Poland at the polls: A win for pragmatism -- Poland's EU presidency: Drawing the short straw -- Part 3. Turning points in Ukraine and Belarus -- Ukraine: A sharp turn eastwards? -- In Belarus, the leopard flaunts his spots -- Part 4. Russia and the former Soviet republics: Putinisation at home and abroad -- Russia and its western neighbours: A watershed moment -- Russia's elections: Leaving little to chance -- Putin's Ceauşescu moment -- Setbacks at home, successes abroad: The mixed fortunes of Vladimir Putin -- Putin's phoney war -- Re-enter Putin, weakened and resentful -- The real Mr Putin stands up -- Towards a greater Putistan? Part 1 -- Towards a greater Putistan? Part 2 -- Will Putin survive until 2018? -- Putin's re-Sovietisation project and the Ukrainian jewel -- Vladimir Putin: Geopolitical wrecking ball -- Putin's annus mirabilis -- Part 5. Putin reverts to cold war: Changing the shape of Eurasia -- Putin's last territorial demand -- Ukraine: Time to cut a deal? -- Russian disinformation and Western misconceptions -- Putin's parallel universe -- Putin's Westpolitik: Back to the USSR -- Peace in our time -- Ukraine conflict exposes Western weakness on Russia -- Bling and propaganda in an ethics-free zone -- Making nice and making enemies -- Ukraine, out of sight -- Select bibliography -- Further reading -- Index.
505	8		_aMap 1: Russia and its western neighbours. -- Map 2: Ethno-linguistic map of Ukraine. -- Map 3: The South Caucasian states: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
520			_aThrough a series of essays on key events in recent years in Russia, the western ex-republics of the USSR and the countries of the one-time Warsaw Pact, John Besemeres seeks to illuminate the domestic politics of the most important states, as well as Moscow's relations with all of them.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aRussia--Relations--Europe, Eastern.
650		0	_aEurope, Eastern--Relations--Russia.
650		0	_aRussia--History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBesemeres, John _tA Difficult Neighbourhood _dCanberra : ANU Press,c2016 _z9781760460600
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4770108 _zClick to View
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