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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1 (0:0 - 7:37):

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From Peter the Great to Putin the Bully — A Briefing on the Ukraine Crisis and the Russian Threat: History, Empire, Kiev, Moscow, Religion and Worldview

PART 2 (7:38 - 14:47):

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The Bloodlands of Europe: Ukraine Between the Nazis and the Soviets, and Death from Every Direction

PART 3 (14:48 - 25:30):

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The West Will Merely Protest? Putin’s Strategy for Supremacy in Ukraine and the Lessons of History

PART 4 (25:31 - 31:19):

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The Ultimate End of Vladimir Putin: Russian Glory Restored and the End of Western Influence in the World

THE ATLANTIC (ANNE APPLEBAUM)

The Reason Putin Would Risk War