Vivid... Shocking... [Miller] brings a seasoned personal perspective to his account of both
the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.' Daily Telegraph 'A beautiful blend of memoir
reportage and history...superb.' Irish Times '...powerful and insightful...Miller provides a
human dimension to a bloody conflict.' Kirkus Reviews A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's
past present and future and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia written by a
leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade. When Russian
President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before
dawn on 24 February 2022 it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the
country and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller the Ukraine correspondent for the
Financial Times and a foremost journalist covering the country was there on the ground when
the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia's
war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier. This is the definitive
inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller's personal experiences vivid
front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters The War Came
To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of
Ukraine's modern history. From the coal-dusted sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the
far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv from the Black Sea shores of
Crimea where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine's peninsula to the bloody battlefields
where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin's warlords ruled with iron fists and through the
horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha Bakhmut Mariupol and beyond. With
candor wit and sensitivity Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast defiant resilient
and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring The
War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people
? and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial
ruler and preserve their independence.
