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R. Vanagaitė, E. Zuroff, "Compatriots Lithuanian Holocaust: The Hidden History" - A shocking book that makes you think about historical revisionism.

About 200,000 Jews in Lithuania, 90%-95% of whom died in the Holocaust...

These are shocking numbers...

This book will be a sharp scalpel on why such a Holocaust in Lithuania happened, what the mechanism was, and the current state of the history of the country.

This work, a book about Lithuanian complicity in the Holocaust, caused great controversy among the Lithuanian public.

The work also provides a very serious insight into what historical revisionism is.

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Kosuke Togashi, "Conflicts in the Caucasus" - recommended to learn about the conflicts and Russia in Chechnya, Nagorno-Karabakh and Georgia.

This book is not intended to be useful only for understanding the Caucasus region, but also for understanding the issues of ethnicity and nationhood that are emerging in various regions in the international community today. (From the Introduction)"

This work is truly a reference book that allows students to learn about the complex Caucasus situation and also to develop "an eye for conflict in other regions.

Moreover, all of the conflicts in the Caucasus region are conflicts with close ties to Russia.

This is a recommended reference book that will also give you a new perspective on the Russian-Ukrainian war!

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Anbu Touma, "The Syrian Civil War" - Recommended for learning about the Assad regime and the history of the civil war. Also to learn about the connection to the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The book provides a chronological account of the complex and bizarre Syrian Civil War.

The explanations are quite detailed and can be read by those who know nothing about this civil war. It was very easy to understand the flow of how this civil war came to be so intricately composed.

It was also important for me to know the tactics of the U.S. and Russia in response to this civil war. I now understand why this civil war was so important in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

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A. Kurkov, "Ukrainian Diary" - Recommended to learn about the 2014 Maidan Revolution, the annexation of Crimea, and the history of the conflict in the east.

The author, Kurkov, lived very close to the square where the Maidan Revolution took place and was one of the closest observers of this revolutionary process. This work is a record of those days of turmoil by such an author.

It is written in a diary style, so the situation at that time feels quite real.

The events described in this book are directly connected to the current Russian-Ukrainian war. I highly recommend this work to learn more about this war.

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Pan Kimura, "Putin: Diplomatic Considerations" - Why Russia Goes to War. Recommended to learn about the hybrid war against Ukraine.

To gain support from the public, they set up foreign enemies and wage war. They will use any means to do so.

However, they are very careful to avoid an all-out war, which would result in an onslaught from the U.S. and NATO, and they try to create a hybrid war in their favor by targeting countries in the former communist bloc that have weak political and economic systems.

This film is an excellent study of Vladimir Putin's diplomatic stance.

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Pan Kimura, "Putin: An Internal Political Study" - Recommended for understanding why President Putin is supported by the Russian people and how it works!

This piece takes a fairly detailed look at President Putin's domestic politics.

One of the most memorable aspects of the program is the propaganda through media control. It is easy to see why President Putin is so well supported by the people and why he has been able to stay in power for so long.

I also found your analysis of Mr. Nawarinui very interesting.

The second half of the book then examines the problems facing the Putin administration. The book reveals how President Putin, under the banner of "Strong Russia," is increasing pressure on other countries, but is suffering from the side effects of this pressure.

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Pan Kimura, "Putin: A Humanistic Study" - A great book to learn about who President Putin is, his background and his characteristics.

This film takes a close look at his path from his childhood, through his KGB years, to his bureaucratic years in Petersburg and Moscow, to his presidency. It gives us a glimpse of President Putin that we don't often get to see in the news.

Also very interesting is the analysis of Putin's mentality, which is a key point in his politics.

I highly recommend this work to learn more about who President Putin is.

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W. Tobman, "Gorbachev: His Life and Times" - Gorbachev's Perestroika. A biography recommended for learning about his life and the historical background of the collapse of the Soviet Union!

The book traces Gorbachev's enigmatic life from 1931, when he was born, to after the collapse of the Soviet Union, along with its historical background.

Gorbachev's own life is very interesting, but what I really appreciate about this book is the historical background of the Soviet Union. In particular, I found the process of the Soviet Union's collapse to be so confusing that I wanted to wrap my head around it. It shows how the Soviet Union was lost in a maze with no way out.

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M. Laruelle, "Fascism and Russia" - Why is the discourse of fascist and non-Nazification repeated? What is Russia rebelling against in Europe?

I decided to read this book because of President Putin's statement to the effect that "we are fighting to de-Nazify" Ukraine. To be honest, when I first heard those words, I had no idea what they meant. For the life of me, I could not understand why, for Putin, fighting Ukraine was de-Nazification.

This is why I picked up this book, which I found quite interesting and full of things I could "see".