Mad and the Brave (eBook)

The Untold Story of Ukraine's Foreign Legion

Colin Freeman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
HarperCollins Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-00-872248-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A Telegraph Best Book 2025'Elegant and terrifying, the story of those who gave up life in the West for Ukraine's frontlines - some to save democracy, some to save themselves. A modern-day Homage to Catalonia - and Fight Club on steroids.' - Oliver Poole, London Standard'A great read' - Mark Galeotti'Brilliant' - The Daily ExpressWith real-life echoes of SAS Rogue Heroes - this is an astonishing account of Europe's biggest major conflict, told through the eyes of a ragbag collection of foreign fighters Three days after Russian tanks roll into Ukraine, President Volodymr Zelensky issues a desperate appeal for foreign military volunteers to help defend his country. Thousands answer the call from all over the world: some of them experienced soldiers, others novices who've never held a gun before.Among their ranks are high-minded idealists, adventure-seekers bored with civilian life, and ex-criminals seeking redemption - all risking their lives against the world's most vicious superpower. Some flee at the first sign of trouble, others become heroes; many are killed, and a few turn their guns on each other.This is their story - often terrifying, often tragic, sometimes comic, and sometimes glorious...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.7.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• ISBN-10: 0-00-872248-X / 000872248X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-872248-7 / 9780008722487