Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship

Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship
Andrew Wilson
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2 Mar 2021 US
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9780300259216
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This book is the first in English to explore both Belarus' complicated road to nationhood and to examine in detail its politics and economics since 1991, the nation's first year of true independence. Andrew Wilson focuses particular attention on Aliaksandr Lukashenka's surprising longevity as president, despite human rights abuses and involvement in yet another rigged election in December 2010. Wilson looks at Belarusian history as a series of false starts in the medieval and pre-modern periods, and at the many rival versions of Belarusian identity, culminating with the Soviet Belarusian project and the establishment of Belarus' current borders during World War II. He also addresses Belarus' on-off relationship with Russia, its simultaneous attempts to play a game of balance in the no-man's-land between Russia and the West, and how, paradoxically, Belarus is at last becoming a true nation under the rule of Europe's "last dictator".
"[A] skillfully crafted volume that combines both breadth of scholarship and depth of analysis."-L. Stan, Choice -- L. Stan Choice
Andrew Wilson is reader in Ukrainian studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He is the author of The Ukrainians, Virtual Politics, and Ukraine's Orange Revolution, all published by Yale University Press.
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ISBN-13: 9780300259216
Published: 2 Mar 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 9mm
Width: 6mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 1600g
Pages: 256

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