CHAPTER 1
What a Revolution Looks Like from the Inside
I ask you, people who care about the soul of Ukraine, those who want to preserve the heart, the spirit and the faith of our country for future generations, to please defend it.
—YULIA TYMOSHENKO, former Prime Minister of Ukraine
For 15 years, a significant portion of my adult life, I lived in post–Soviet Bloc countries in Eastern Europe, where I managed media companies and observed events from the fairly unusual position of being not quite an outsider, but not really a local either.
When President Clinton invited Poland into NATO, I was there, sitting just a few rows behind former Polish President Lech Walesa and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (both are shorter than you’d think). ...
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