Andrew       Wilson
This book is the first in English to explore both Belarusâ€™s complicated road to nationhood and to examine in detail its politics and economics since 1991, the nationâ€™s first year of true independence. Andrew Wilson focuses particular attention on Aliaksandr Lukashenkaâ€™s surprising longevity as president, despite human rights abuses and involvement in yet another rigged election in December 2010.,Wilson looks at Belarusian history as a series of false starts in the medieval and pre-modern periods, and at the many rival versions of Belarusian identity, culminating with the Soviet Belarusian project and the establishment of Belarusâ€™s current borders during World War II. He also addresses Belarusâ€™s on-off relationship with Russia, its simultaneous attempts to play a game of balance in the no-manâ€™s-land between Russia and the West, and how, paradoxically, Belarus is at last becoming a true nation under the rule of Europeâ€™s â€œlast dictator.â€
History,Nonfiction,History,European History,Cultural,Russia
Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship