Towards the Flame

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''Magisterial... reveals how much is at stake for world order in Ukraine and Syria.'' Rachel Polonsky

''As much as anything, World War I turned on the fate of Ukraine''

The decision to go to war in 1914 had catastrophic consequences for Russia. The result was revolution, civil war and ...