Includes bibliographical references (p. [342]-347) and index
Contesting national origins : Lays of ancient Rus -- The armies of God and Magog : myths of Ukrainian antiquity -- Neither fish nor fowl : between Poland and Russia -- The Cossacks : defenders of the wild field, defenders of the faity -- Ukraine, Russia and Rossiia -- The Habsburg alternative -- The twentieth century : peasants into Ukrainians? -- Independence : gained or gifted? -- Politics : developing the rules of the game -- Imagining Ukrainians : one Ukraine or many? -- Angels and pins : Ukrainian religion -- The IMF's red pencil : Ukraine's economic black hole -- Imagining Ukraine : towards a theory of Ukrainian geopolitics
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"This book is the most acute, informed, and insightful account of Ukraine and its people available today. Andrew Wilson focuses on the complex relations between Ukraine and Russia and explains the different versions of the past propagated by Ukrainians and Russians. He also examines the continuing debates over identity, culture, and religion in Ukraine since its independence in 1991." -- Back cover