The inside story of Ukraine and its battle against Russia, from the leading journalist of the conflict.
Author’s Note
Maps
A Brief History of Ukraine
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 Stamps
10 “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 Savagery
40 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
Christopher Miller is a writer and journalist based in Brooklyn,
New York and Kyiv, Ukraine. He appears frequently on major US
television news programmes, including those on CNN and MSNBC. He
was interviewed for MSNBC’s documentary film Headliners: Paul
Manafort, and HBO’s The Perfect Weapon. Chris also appears
regularly on podcasts and radio programmes on the BBC, NPR, CBC,
Monocle, Crooked Media and elsewhere.
Since 2019 he has been lead correspondent in Ukraine for Buzzfeed
News, where he has been covering the current conflict. Before that
he spent five years as a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty in Kyiv. His writing and journalism has been published in
POLITICO Europe, The Times, the Guardian, The Atlantic, CNN, Vice
News, the Telegraph, the Independent, The Outline and
GlobalPost.
His coverage of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 was Missouri
Honor Medal Winner for Distinguished Service in Journalism.
A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb: a
pulsing, immersive narrative of boots-on-the-ground reporting. The
War Came To Us is an important book, and a testament to the
importance of quality journalism. Miller is dogged in his
reporting, and a fine writer. He has the right amounts of courage,
intellectual honesty, chutzpah, self-effacing humour and talent,
reminding this reader of AJ Liebling’s superlative collection of
second World War writings.
*Irish Times*
A vivid, engaged and engaging series of vignettes and impressions
of the period up to the early days of the war... What a passionate,
colourful journey –by turns inspiring and horrifying – it turns out
to be.
*the Guardian*
Vivid… Shocking… [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective
to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider
roots.
*Daily Telegraph*
An eye-opening and deeply touching inside story of the country's
long fight for freedom against Russian aggression.
*Waterstones*
Christopher Miller has been an indispensable guide to what's been
really happening in Ukraine for a decade or more, and his writing
has helped show the world the true face of a country that is too
often lied about.
*Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of Butler to the World,
Moneyland and The Last Man in Russia*
When I want to know what is happening in Ukraine, I turn first to
Chris Miller's reporting. Whether it's the latest information from
the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, insightful
analysis on political manoeuvrings in Kyiv, or understanding into
what the average Ukrainian is thinking about current events, Miller
always has the inside track. Now in his riveting book The War Came
to Us, this foremost expert on the region takes us back over the
last 12 years, providing the history, the culture and the context
to help us understand where Ukraine is today and what might come
next. A must-read for those who want to get beyond the
headlines.
*Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and author of
The New York Times bestseller Lessons From The Edge: A Memoir*
Christopher Miller knows Ukraine with unmatchable depth and a
fierce intimacy — way before it became the eye of the global storm
he was living and studying in this critical country. There isn’t a
village he hasn’t visited and a front line he hasn’t crossed. The
world is belatedly waking up to the importance of Ukraine. And
Miller is the ultimate guide.
*— Peter Pomerantsev, author of This Is Not Propaganda and Nothing
Is True And Everything Is Possible*
A penetrating account of the reality of Putin’s war on Ukraine...
With powerful stories and insightful background, Miller provides a
human dimension to a bloody conflict.
*Kirkus - starred review*
War correspondent Miller’s heart-pounding debut describes in gritty
detail the frontline fighting and key events preceding Russia’s
full-scale invasion of Ukraine…this is frontline reporting at its
finest.
*Publishers Weekly*
Written with love, respect, and the critical eye of a reporter, the
book evinces deep
dedication to an adopted homeland... The War Came to Us is a
detailed, personal, and engaging account of recent transformative
events in Ukraine’s history.
*Foreword*
Fascinating.
*Timothy Garton Ash*
It’s Chris’ capacity for both narrative restraint and warm-hearted,
unpretentious observations of his surroundings that make him stand
out among many chroniclers of modern Ukraine in both its horror and
its glory.
*Natalia Antonova website*
…Christopher Miller brings the war and its impact on Ukraine’s
people back to the front page, sparing no details, and in so doing
provides one of the best and most insightful narrative histories
yet published of the war against Ukraine…
*Diplomatic Courier*
Christopher Miller's book not only takes you to the fields of the
Russian–Ukrainian war, but also to the recent history of Ukraine,
without knowledge of which it is difficult to understand and
appreciate what is happening now. The War Came To Us is a must-read
for anyone who wants to understand how this war is changing Ukraine
and Ukrainians, and how it is making dramatic changes to the world
order.
*Andrey Kurkov, author of Grey Bees and Death and the Penguin*
The War Came to Us is the single-best account of how Ukraine found
itself at the center of Russia's imperial ambitions – and the best
book yet written on the Ukrainians who are fighting to make their
country free once more.
*Casey Michel, author of Foreign Agents and American
Kleptocracy*
In his rendering of the contrast between war and peace, peace and
war, Christopher Miller has given us an invaluable record of
Ukraine’s past and present.
*Michael Kimmage, author of Collisions*
[Miller] is particularly good at recounting the chaotic, precarious
early days of the war.
*The New York Times*
An engrossing read and must-read item for anyone interested in
Ukraine and the ongoing war on its territory.
*Dr. Hab. Patrycja Grzebyk, University of Warsaw, Witold Pilecki
International Book Awards*
The War Came To Us [is] a deeply reported yet personal and nuanced
account of the long war in Ukraine, by a brilliant and collegiate
correspondent.
*Tom Parfitt, author of High Caucasus*
Miller...does what a veteran journalist does best — he allows the
people to speak.
*The Moscow Times*
Miller’s insights come with the curiosity that any good journalist
should possess, and it is clear that in his years of work he has
engaged with people wherever he goes in Ukraine to establish
reliable sources as well as to try and understand their perspective
better.
*The Kyiv Independent*
Christopher Miller’s The War Came to Us should be mandatory reading
for anyone interested in foreign policy, international relations,
domestic politics, war journalism, or defense and security studies.
Superb book.
*Journal of Strategic Security*
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