A Brief History of a Long War: Ukraine's Fight Against Russian Domination

A Brief History of a Long War: Ukraine's Fight Against Russian Domination by Mariam Naiem This is a non-fiction graphic novel history of Ukraine’s centuries-long struggle against Russian domination, from the Middle Ages to the current war told in two alternating forms. Mariam Naiem narrates her daily life enduring the bombardment of Kyiv in segments called "Living Through War for Dummies". These alternate with Historic explanations of the long fight to fend off Russian aggression including a chapter called "What is Genocide?" about Stalin's genocidal starvation of Ukraine in the 1930s. The book ends with the events leading up to and since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, along with the Ukrainian pleas for support from the West. While the history is complex and unfamiliar to most Western readers, this book provides a good starting point for developing an understanding of the background and the current situation.The illustrations by Yulia Vus and Ivan Kypibida bring the details to life and enhance the text.