Mark Edele

An examination of the causes of the Russian invasion and its implications for the future In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a fellow East Slav state with much shared history. Russia's War Against Ukraine by Mark Edele, a world authority on the history of the Soviet Union, explains why and how this conflict came about. He...

Masterfully told and compellingly reinterpreted. The Moscow Times Stalinism at War tells the epic story of the Soviet Union in World War Two. Starting with Soviet involvement in the war in Asia and ending with a bloody counter-insurgency in the borderlands of Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltics, the Soviet Union’s war was both considerably longer and more all-encompassing than is...

"Masterfully told and compellingly reinterpreted." The Moscow Times Stalinism at War tells the epic story of the Soviet Union in World War Two. Starting with Soviet involvement in the war in Asia and ending with a bloody counter-insurgency in the borderlands of Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltics, the Soviet Union’s war was both considerably longer and more all-encompassing than is...

An acclaimed historian explores the dynamic history of the twentieth century Soviet Union In ten concise and compelling chapters, The Soviet Union covers the entire Soviet Union experience from the years 1904 to 1991 by putting the focus on three major themes: warfare, welfare, and empire. Throughout the book, Mark Edele—a noted expert on the topic—clearly demonstrates that the Soviet...

In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a fellow East Slav state with much shared history. Russia's War Against Ukraine by Mark Edele, a world authority on the history of the Soviet Union, explains why and how this conflict came about. Edele considers competing historical claims and arguments with authority and lucidity. His primary focus, however, is...