Near Abroad by Gerard Toal

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/224630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Near Abroad Author: Gerard Toal Narrator: Christopher Douyard Format: mp3 Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins Release date: 08-16-22 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating Genres: Geopolitics Publisher's Summary: Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia. Both states are part of Russia's "near abroad"—newly independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union. While the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 faded from the headlines in the wake of the global recession, the geopolitical contest that created it did not. Six years later, the specter of a revanchist Russia returned when Putin's forces invaded and annexed the Crimean peninsula. Eminent political geographer Gerard Toal moves beyond the polemical rhetoric to study the underlying territorial conflicts and geopolitical struggles.