About the Author

Timothy Snyder is associate professor, Department of History, Yale University. He was awarded the American Historical Association's George Louis Beer Prize for his book The Reconstruction of Nations - Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999, published by Yale University Press.

Reviews

"Another thrilling and erudite book on the intricate history of East European borderlands by Timothy Snyder, a master of the genre." Jan Gross, Princeton University --Jan Gross"

"Timothy Snyder draws on his immense knowledge of Europe's borderlands to describe in fascinating detail the shifting alliances and antagonisms nationalist, ethnic, religious, cultural, ideological among their 20th century peoples, as reflected in the extraordinary career of Henryk Jozewski, Polish artist, spy, military and political leader in promoting
cooperation between Poles and Ukrainians." Samuel P. Huntington, Harvard University--Samuel P. Huntington"

"Timothy Snyder's Sketches from a Secret War is a rigorous, scrupulous, historical narrative, but a dozen spy novels lurk in these pages. The life lived by the artist Henryk Jozewski was a kind of clandestine masterpiece; Soviet operatives, right-wing assassins, secret police, idealistic Poles. Which makes for an extraordinary story surprising, compelling, and true." Alan Furst--Alan Furst"

[A] compelling book. . . . It is hard not to see this eminently 20th-century story as a biography for a new century. . . . Mark Mazower, Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History --Mark Mazower "Kritika: Explorations in Russian and European History ""

Strikingly new, original, and readable. This book will no doubt force everyone in the field to rethink Ukrainian, Polish, and Soviet history during the interwar period. Hiroaki Kuromiya, Indiana University
--Hiroaki Kuromiya"

"[A] compelling book. . . . It is hard not to see this eminently 20th-century story as a biography for a new century. . . ."--Mark Mazower, "Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History" --Mark Mazower "Kritika: Explorations in Russian and European History "

"Strikingly new, original, and readable. This book will no doubt force everyone in the field to rethink Ukrainian, Polish, and Soviet history during the interwar period."--Hiroaki Kuromiya, Indiana University
--Hiroaki Kuromiya