{"product_id":"2940170822256","title":"The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine","description":"Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's existence as a sovereign nation. As award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues in \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to understand its fraught present and likely future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSituated between Europe, Russia, and the Asian East, Ukraine was shaped by the empires that have used it as a strategic gateway between East and West-from the Romans and Ottomans to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union, all have engaged in global fights for supremacy on Ukrainian soil. Each invading army left a lasting mark on the landscape and on the population, making modern Ukraine an amalgam of competing cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthoritative and vividly written, \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e will be the definitive history of Ukraine for years to come.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150831468784,"sku":"2940170822256","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170822256_p0.jpg?v=1763718843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170822256","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}