Belarus, Andrew Wilson
Belarus, Andrew Wilson
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Belarus
The Last European Dictatorship

Author: Andrew Wilson

Narrator: Daniel Henning

Unabridged: 16 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/09/2022


Synopsis

A comprehensive and revelatory history of modern Belarus—from independence to Lukashenka's contested 2020 re-election.

"Andrew Wilson has done all students of European politics a great service by making the history of Belarus comprehensible, and by showing how the future of Belarus might be different than its present."—Timothy Snyder, author of Bloodlands

Protests continue in Belarus in the aftermath of 2020's fraught presidential election. In this updated edition of his exploration of Belarus's complicated road to nationhood since it gained independence in 1991, Andrew Wilson has added two new chapters that reveal the extent of Aliaksandr Lukashenka's grip on power, the growth of the opposition movement and the violent crackdown that followed the vote. Wilson also examines the prospects for Europe as a whole of either Lukashenka's downfall or his survival with Russian support.

About Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson is professor in Ukrainian studies at University College London and a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation and Ukraine Crisis: What It Means for the West.


Reviews

Wilson is such a strange author because he's so boring. Like, if you want an in-depth introduction into a subject he's great, but he clearly has specific interests and will talk at you AT LENGTHS about them. In his book on Ukraine, it was religion, here it's elections. Like, I get it, Lukaschenko ri......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

Incredibly detailed book regarding the development of Belarus's national identity and it's time under Lukashenko. It lacks a detailed account of Post War Soviet Belarus prior to Gorbachev.......more

Goodreads review by Andrei

Sure, the title is catchy, but I would argue that Belarus wasn't the last European dictatorship neither at the time this book was written, nor now when it seems more countries are eager to join this exclusive club. A large chunk of the book is dedicated to the early history of Belarus and sometimes i......more