How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying: Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko's Fight for Ukraine
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- Synopsis
- Publishing on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine: The gripping, heartrending story, told in her own words, of a formidable 29-year-old woman serving as a commander on the front lines of the War in Ukraine — and an intimate, hair-raising look at modern warfare . . .Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko, a commander in the Ukrainian army serving on the front line of battle, embodies her country's resistance to the Russian invasion. When her father self-immolated on Maidan Square in central Kyiv in an act of protest, she held a press conference to explain to journalists that he acted &“in sound mind.&” Later, in battle on the front line, she would learn via radio-phone that her husband had been killed nearby.In 2023, veteran war correspondent Lara Marlowe met Mykytenko while covering the war, and found her to be &“one of the most extraordinary people I have interviewed in 42 years of journalism.&” From their months of conversations, Marlowe stitched together Mykytenko&’s accounts into a riveting revelation of what modern warfare is really like.Told entirely in Mykytenko's first person voice, it is a story of cluster bombs and ballistic missiles. Mykytenko has most recently commanded a drone unit, and the scenes of launching drone attacks, and of being attacked by drones, are electrifying and harrowing. At the same time there are vestiges of WWII: trench warfare, no-man&’s lands seeded with mines, even chemical weapons.The result is an urgent story of a besieged nation, a vivid look at the changing face of warfare, and the stirring tale of an inspirational woman fighting for her country's survival.
- Copyright:
- 2024
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 312 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781685891886
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781685891879
- Publisher:
- Melville House
- Date of Addition:
- 02/04/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Lara Marlowe
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.