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I know that Ukraine is not the good guys. I'm looking for books on how the war started and why it continues to go on.

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[โ€“] spectre@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's a book by a liberal dork called Prisoners of Geography that does a decent material analysis about how different countries are constrained by the geography of their land. It was written in 2014. He acknowledges:

  • Tibet is an extremely important headwater and will always be a part of China.
  • Ukraine is of major startegic importance and will always be in the Russian sphere of influence.

It isn't super deep, but it can be a useful resource to toss at somebody who has never read a book before.

[โ€“] Busgirl@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago