Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
The 2022 double issue is fully dedicated to one topic: the Russo-Ukrainian war. The conflict that started with the annexation of the Crimea in Spring 2014, escalated on 24 February 2022 with the full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukrainian territory. Historical claims, narratives, myths and other distortions of the past have been at the heart of the build-up to the current war and its legitimation and contestation. Russian president Vladimir Putin has mined the past to construct a narrative of Russian greatness, to support geopolitical claims on Ukrainian territory as historically ‘belonging’ to Russia, and to legitimize a battle against so-called NATO imperialism. Historical myths form the disturbing foundation of xenophobic rhetoric. All of this and more called for a critical reflection on the role history and claims on and about the past play in the current war. Our guest editors Beatrice de Graaf (Utrecht University) and Lien Verpoest (Leuven University) offer such a critical reflection with this special issue of the Journal of Applied History, which carries the title: Weaponizing History in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Journal of Applied History – Brill
Published: Dec 12, 2022
You can share this free article with as many people as you like with the url below! We hope you enjoy this feature!
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.