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Holding Territory: Russia'S Occupation Logic

Books that trace the connective tissue between Russia's occupation policies, domestic repression, and propaganda machinery as the Kremlin tightens control under wartime pressure.

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6 booksApril 26, 2026
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  1. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

    1. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

    Pomerantsev’s reporting decodes modern Russian propaganda, media theater, and state performance that underpin...
    Shelf signal: Russian Lit Crit
  2. Motherland

    2. Motherland

    Ioffe offers on-the-ground reportage and analysis of post-Soviet politics and society that illuminate lived experiences...
    Shelf signal: Russian Lit Crit
  3. The Road to Unfreedom

    3. The Road to Unfreedom

    Snyder traces the ideological and geopolitical currents driving Russia’s turn toward authoritarian expansion and...
    Shelf signal: Fascism & Totalitarianism
  4. From Cold War to Hot Peace

    4. From Cold War to Hot Peace

    McFaul provides a diplomatic insider’s account of US-Russian relations and the policy choices that have enabled Kremlin...
    Shelf signal: Cold War History
  5. The Folly of Realism

    5. The Folly of Realism

    Vindman critiques Western policy failures and explains how realist complacency has affected Russia’s expansionist...
    Shelf signal: Post-Soviet Russia
  6. Bloodlands

    6. Bloodlands

    Bloodlands supplies historical depth on the violence and territorial stakes between Russia and Ukraine that inform...
    Shelf signal: Eastern European History
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