A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ...

Rainsford’s writing—on the war, on the Kremlin’s indomitable opponents, on the contrasts between Russia’s harsh realities and the warmth of its people—is vivid and compelling.

Finkel, a historian and political scientist, offers a nuanced and highly readable account of the complex history of Ukraine from medieval times to the ongoing Russian invasion.