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Invasion by Luke Harding
New York Times bestselling author of>Collusion and>The Snowden Files>Luke Harding's personal, frontline reporting on Russia's harrowing invasion of Ukraine, the biggest news event of the year and an inflection point in international politics The definitive story of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. --Bill Browder, New York Times bestselling author of>Red Notice>and>Freezing Order In a damning, inspiring, and breathtaking narrative of what is likely to be a turning point for Europe--and the world--Guardian>correspondent and>New York Times>bestselling author Luke Harding reports firsthand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When, just before dawn on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a series of brutal attacks, Harding was there, on the ground in Kyiv. But this senseless violence was met with astounding resilience--from, among others, the country's embattled president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy--and the courage of a people preparedi to risk everything to preserve their nation's freedom. Here are piercing portraits of the leaders on both sides of this monumental struggle, a haunting depiction of the atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere, and an intimate glimpse into the ordinary lives being impacted by the biggest conflict in Europe since the Second World War. Harding captures this crucial moment in history with candor, insight, and an unwavering focus on the human stories that lie at its heart.
Luke Harding is a journalist, writer, and award-winning foreign correspondent for the Guardian. Between 2007 and 2011, he was the Guardian's Moscow bureau chief. The Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the Cold War. He is the author of five previous nonfiction books: A Very Expensive Poison: The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's War with the West, The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man, Mafia State: How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia, WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, and The Liar: The Fall of Jonathan Aitken (the last two co-written by David Leigh.) Two have been made into Hollywood movies. His books have been translated into 30 languages. Harding lives near London with his wife, the freelance journalist Phoebe Taplin, and their two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593685174 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593685172 |
| Title | Invasion |
| Author | Luke Harding |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage |
| Year published | 2022-11-29 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Orwell Prize 2023 |
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