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The words of a man. The message of a people.
Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine’s story through the words of its president.
It is the story of a nation valiantly defending itself from Russian aggression. And it is the story of a people leading the world in the struggle for democracy.
Above all, it is a battle cry for us all to stand up and fight for liberty. If not now, when?
The only book officially authorized by President Zelensky, A Message from Ukraine includes speeches he has personally selected to tell the story of the Ukrainian people.
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- ISBN: 9780593727188
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- ISBN: 9780593727188
- File size: 556 KB
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- English
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Starred review from January 1, 2023
Ukraine's president gathers 16 recent speeches, defiant and stirring, to rally the world to his embattled nation's cause. "We have chosen a path that leads to Europe, but Europe is not somewhere 'out there.' Europe is here, in the mind. And after it appears there, it will appear everywhere in Ukraine." So said Zelensky in his inaugural address to the Ukrainian Parliament on May 20, 2019. It's a moment worthy of Kennedy, Roosevelt, and Churchill. The author, a TV star before he entered politics, has extraordinary rhetorical range: One minute he appeals to the intelligentsia, the next to the ordinary people of his country, the next to the citizens of many nations. Since the invasion by Vladimir Putin's forces, Zelensky has also taken to addressing the Russian people directly, in Russian, asking them of their war, "Who will suffer the most from this? The people. / Who does not want it more than anyone? The people. / Who can prevent it? The people." His words become less measured following the discovery of the massacre at Bucha: "Russian mothers: even if you raised looters, how did they also become butchers?" Of Putin himself, Zelensky is largely dismissive, saying in one instance simply, "He has forgotten the most important point. Evil always loses." Several themes remain constant. One is Zelensky's contrasting Russia under the yoke of its dictator with Ukraine, a free nation in which, in this war, everyone is a volunteer and Zelensky is the volunteer-in-chief, as EconomistRussia and Europe editor Arkady Ostrovsky puts it in the foreword. Another is that while Russia may belong to Asia, Ukraine is indeed a part of Europe. Still another is that Ukraine will never submit. Borrowing a page from Hamlet's soliloquy, Zelensky told a British audience: "Our answer is definitely, 'To be, ' and to be free." All proceeds for the book go to United24, the author's "initiative to collect donations in support of Ukraine." Buy this book to honor Zelensky's resistance to tyranny.COPYRIGHT(2023) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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