Above And Beyond: From Soviet General To Ukrainian State Builder; Author: Morozov, Kostiantyn P.; Hardback; Book

Author: Morozov, Kostiantyn P.
Reissue; Hardback; Book; 24pp Photographs
320 pages
Published: December 1996
Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0916458776

Above and Beyond is the first book by a major Ukrainian independence figure to appear in the West and is the first by a former Soviet general to discuss the inner workings of the USSR's military. Morozov provides behind-the-scenes insights on Kravchuk, Yeltsin, and other important players still active today. His book will firmly alter our perception of the USSR and its demise, the Soviet military machine, and the rise of modern, independent Ukraine. Kostiantyn Petrovych Morozov was the first Minister of Defense of independent Ukraine (September 1991 to October 1993). After his retirement from that post, he was a senior research fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Ukrainian Research Institute, a Minister-Counselor for relations with NATO in the Embassy of UkraineThis work describes how the author helped to destroy the Soviet armed forces by his formation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF). It provides an insight into the USSR and its demise, and the rise of the modern, independent Ukraine, a major military power.