The showman : inside the invasion that shook the world and made a leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

Shuster, Simon, author.

2024, Book , xx, 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :

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Summary/Review: "Acclaimed journalist Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Z more...

Summary/Review: "Acclaimed journalist Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team, who granted him unprecedented access"--

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Publication information:	New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
ISBN:	0063307421
ISBN:	9780063307421
Language:	English
Record ID:	4373623
Variant Title:	Inside the invasion that shook the world and made a leader of Volodymyr Zelensky
Format:	Regular Print Book
Physical description:	xx, 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Date acquired:	April 25, 2024
More creator details:	Simon Shuster.
Contents note:	Prologue -- Part I -- Daybreak -- The target -- City of bandits -- Mr. Green -- Annexation -- Part II -- Battle of Kyiv -- The bunker -- Blank slate -- The favorite -- Trust no one -- Part III -- The churchyard -- Trojan horse -- The dark prince -- Welcome to Ragnarok -- Shoot to kill -- The blizzard -- Part IV -- Battle of the Donbas -- Aboveground -- Return of politics -- Independence day -- Counterstrike -- Liberation -- Epilogue.
Summary/Review:	"Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety shows to the muddy trenches of Ukraine's war with Russia. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, Shuster tells the intimate and revealing story of the president's evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience. In their most candid accounts of the war so far, members of Zelensky's inner circle show how the president's character changed under the strains of leadership and the horrors he witnessed each day. His wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, describes her escape from Kyiv with their children, her life on the run, and the tensions that emerged in her marriage as she struggled to return to a meaningful role in the administration. Ukraine's top military commander, General Valery Zaluzhny, shares the untold story of his fraught relationship with the president and the subsequent consequences. Reflecting on their own regrets and critical decisions, Zelensky and his senior aides open up about the causes of the Russian invasion and how it may have been avoided. They describe with astonishing frankness how their peace talks with Vladimir Putin fell apart and how their faith in the U.S. faltered, both under Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The Showman provides the first inside account of Zelensky's life amid the invasion, offering a clear-eyed view of his failures to prepare for it and his willingness to silence dissent under martial law. What emerges is a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born. Even as the war drags on, Zelensky lays out his vision for its future course and, through his actions, demonstrates his strategy for countering the Russians and keeping the West on his side. The Showman, as a work of eyewitness journalism, provides an essential perspective on the war defining our age, resulting in a riveting, vivid portrait of the invasion as experienced by its number one target and improbable hero" --

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