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read online, online library, greatbooks to read, best books to read, top books to Ukraine's Revolt,Russia's Revenge by Christopher M. Smith books to read online.Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge by Christopher M. Smith PDF DownloadUkraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge by Christopher M. Smith KINDLEUkraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge by Christopher M. Smith EBOOKUkraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge by Christopher M. Smith EPUBUkraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge by Christopher M. Smith Read onlineUkraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge by Christopher M. Smith Full PDFBook Description: An eyewitness account by a U.S. diplomat of Russia’s brazen attempt toundo the democratic revolution in UkraineTold from the perspective of a U.S. diplomat in Kyiv, this book is the true story of Ukraine’s anticorruptionrevolution in 2013—14, Russia’s intervention and invasion of that nation, and the limitedrole played by the United States. It puts into a readable narrative the previously unpublished reportingby seasoned U.S. diplomatic and military professionals, a wealth of information on Ukrainian highleveland street-level politics, a broad analysis of the international context, and vivid descriptions ofpeople and places in Ukraine during the EuroMaidan Revolution. The book also counters Russia’sdisinformation narratives about the revolution and America’s role in it.While focusing on a single country during a dramatic three-year period, the book’s universalthemes—among them, truth versus lies, democracy versus autocracy—possess a broader urgencyfor our times. That urgency burns particularly hot for the United States and all other countries that arethe targets of Russia's cyber warfare and other forms of political skullduggery.From his posting in U.S. Embassy Kyiv (2012–14), the author observed and reported first-hand onthe EuroMaidan Revolution that wrested power from corrupt pro-Kremlin Ukrainian autocrat ViktorYanukovych.The book also details Russia’s attempt to abort the Ukrainian revolution through threats, economicpressure, lies, and intimidation. When all of that failed, the Kremlin exacted revenge by annexingUkraine's territory of Crimea and fomenting and sustaining a hybrid war in eastern Ukraine that haskilled more than 13,000 people and continues to this day.Ukraine's Revolt, Russia’s Revenge is based on the author’s own observations and the multitude ofreports of his Embassy colleagues who were eyewitnesses to a crucial event in contemporary history.=====================================================================As a young writer, my naiveté about the publishing process nearly led me to financial ruin.Here’s how to avoid my mistakes.The first thing I tell debut authors is this: Assume nothing.If just one person had sat me down when I signed my first book contract and explained howpublishing works, how nothing is guaranteed, and how it often feels like playing Russian
Roulette with words, I would have made much sounder financial and creative decisions. Iwould have set a foundation for a healthy life as an artist, laying the groundwork to thrive inuncertainty, to avoid desperation, panic, and bad decisions that would affect me for years tocome.How would my life be different if a fellow writer or someone in the industry had told me thatthe money I’d be receiving for my advances was absolutely no indication of what I couldmake on future book deals? What pain could I have avoided if they had advised me not tospend that money as though there would be more where that came from? I suspect I mayhave avoided a near nervous breakdown and not come so perilously close to financial ruinand creative burnout. But no one came forward.Let me back up. One of the most respected publishing houses in the world gave me$100,000 to write two books, one of which was already finished, and I was feeling… well,fancy.As a kid who’d once stood in line with her mother to get food stamps, I could not believe thefigures in my bank account.Now, I want to acknowledge the inherent privilege that I hold as a white, educated,middleclass American. The problems I write about here are “struggles” many people wouldlove to have. They are good problems. Lucky, even. Growing up with a lack of financialliteracy didn’t mean there weren’t opportunities for me out there because of my positioningin the world. I had a leg up, even when it felt like I was in the trenches. Access equalsprivilege, and I understand that. I try hard to acknowledge my privilege and not be part ofthe problem, but didn’t do so explicitly in the original version of this article. Revising is myfavorite part of the writing process, and clearly a big part of my personal life. In fact I wish Icould go back and revise the past six years.I did play it smart, though: I didn’t quit my day job, and wrote a larger-than-usual check tomy student loan company when the advance came through. I didn’t know if this was aonetime thing or not.Each new book is like a weekend in Vegas: Maybe I’ll get lucky, maybe I won’t.But when I sold a trilogy to another publisher the following year for over $250,000 dollars(even now I cannot believe I wrote that sentence and, furthermore, that it’s true), I reallythought I had made it — forever, not just for a moment. Not for this one book deal. Forever.Otherwise, I reasoned, they would never have paid me such enormous sums. Thesepublishers must be investing in me for the long run. I was one of their own.It had happened twice in a row, these six-figures: Surely I had somehow become one of thechosen few. After years of research and struggle to break out in such a ferociouslycompetitive industry, I’d somehow come out ahead.But in that process, I’d somehow missed several critical aspects of the business, and thatwas on me (to some extent). Surely there were writers who had gotten the memo abouthow advances worked, and the ins and outs of publishing. But so much of an aspiringwriter’s life — and so many of the resources available to them — is focused on getting thatfirst book deal. What came after was beside the point.
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