Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship New edition

A comprehensive and revelatory history of modern Belarus - from independence to 2020&;s contested election In 2020 Belarus made headlines around the world when protests erupted in the aftermath of a fraught presidential election. Andrew Wilson explores both Belarus&;s complicated road to nationhood and its politics and economics since it gained independence in 1991. Two new chapters reveal the extent of Aliaksandr Lukashenka&;s grip on power, the growth of the opposition movement and the violent crackdown that followed the vote. Wilson also examines the prospects for Europe as a whole of either Lukashenka&;s downfall or his survival with Russian support. &;Andrew Wilson has done all students of European politics a great service by making the history of Belarus comprehensible and by showing how the future of Belarus might be different than its present.&;&;Timothy Snyder, author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin