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Author's Note Maps A Brief History of Ukraine Preface Prologue Part one: Peace 1 American Boy 2 Friends 3 A Darker Side of the Donbas 4 Acts of Journalism Part two: Revolution and Annexation 5 Euromaidan 6 "Little Green Men" 7 Voting Under The Gun Part three: War 8 "Russian Spring" 9 Stamps10 "Look at Our Republic" 11 "Some Fucking Militia" 12 Volunteer Battalions 13 "Live in a New Way" 14 "This is a War Now" 15 Executioners 16 Fields of Death 17 The Launch Site 18 "The First Real Independence Day" 19 The Supply Runner 20 City of Ghosts 21 POWs 22 The Body Collectors 23 City of a Million Roses 24 Left Behind 25 The Woman in the Grass 26 The Cossack Bomb Squad 27 PTSD Part four: Full-Scale Invasion 28 Warning Signs 29 Servant of the People 30 Keep Calm and Party On 31 The Battle of Kyiv 32 Control the Skies 33 "Who would like some tea?" 34 "Ya tut" 35 Heroes 36 Escape 37 "It feels like I'm doing something wrong" 38 The Brothers Vyshyvaniy 39 Savagery40 A Storm on the Horizon 41 Trouble at Sea 42 Siege 43 Filtration 44 Summertime in the City 45 The Battle of the Donbas 46 "The Terrorists are Destroying Everything" 47 Missiles 48 "Fortress Bakhmut" 49 "To Peace" 50 "I. Love. You."Acknowledgements Index

An updated edition of this breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's war against Russia, includes a new foreword and never-before-seen photographs. WINNER OF THE WITOLD PILECKI INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD SPECIAL PRIZE A WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade.'Vivid. Shocking. [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.'Daily Telegraph'A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb.'Irish Times'...powerful and insightful...Miller provides a human dimension to a bloody conflict.' Kirkus ReviewsWhen Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country, and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and a foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia's war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller's personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine's modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine's peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin's warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond.With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring, The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people - and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.

Now updated in paperback with a new foreword and never-before-seen photographs, The War Came to Us is Christopher Miller's journalist breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia.

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