Why read Our Enemies Will Vanish?

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THE COMPELLING ACCOUNT FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE

FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE PETERSON LITERARY PRIZE

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The…

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Susan Viets

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Our Enemies Will Vanish is the definitive account of the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine told from the perspective of an award-winning Wall Street Journal correspondent who was born in Kyiv. I find this book especially meaningful because I was a reporter based in Kyiv when Ukraine declared independence in 1991. This war, however, is what feels like Ukraine’s true fight for independence.

The background to it is deftly explained in early parts of the book. The truly personal account begins with time Trofimov spent in Ukraine in early 2022. He discovered that regions, including parts…

From Susan's 3 favorite reads in 2024.