Neil Kent is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Intelligence and Cyber Security, a former associate of the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute, and Senior Fellow at the Rennes School of Business Centre for Unframed Thinking. The author of many books on Nordic and Eastern European history, his publications include The Soul of the North: A Social, Architectural and Cultural History of the Nordic Countries, 1770–1940; Helsinki: A Cultural and Literary History; and The Sámi Peoples of the North: A Social and Cultural History.

‘Russia’s seizure of Crimea was justified in Moscow as a rectification of an alleged “historic wrong”. Why that was so, and why this ethnically-mixed peninsula became the cornerstone of Russia’s political aspirations for over two centuries, is the fascinating story which Neil Kent tells with great verve in this erudite and gripping volume.’

Neil Kent is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Intelligence and Cyber Security, a former associate of the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute, and Senior Fellow at the Rennes School of Business Centre for Unframed Thinking. The author of many books on Nordic and Eastern European history, his publications include The Soul of the North: A Social, Architectural and Cultural History of the Nordic Countries, 1770–1940; Helsinki: A Cultural and Literary History; and The Sámi Peoples of the North: A Social and Cultural History.

‘Russia’s seizure of Crimea was justified in Moscow as a rectification of an alleged “historic wrong”. Why that was so, and why this ethnically-mixed peninsula became the cornerstone of Russia’s political aspirations for over two centuries, is the fascinating story which Neil Kent tells with great verve in this erudite and gripping volume.’

Neil Kent is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Intelligence and Cyber Security, a former associate of the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute, and Senior Fellow at the Rennes School of Business Centre for Unframed Thinking. The author of many books on Nordic and Eastern European history, his publications include The Soul of the North: A Social, Architectural and Cultural History of the Nordic Countries, 1770–1940; Helsinki: A Cultural and Literary History; and The Sámi Peoples of the North: A Social and Cultural History.

‘Russia’s seizure of Crimea was justified in Moscow as a rectification of an alleged “historic wrong”. Why that was so, and why this ethnically-mixed peninsula became the cornerstone of Russia’s political aspirations for over two centuries, is the fascinating story which Neil Kent tells with great verve in this erudite and gripping volume.’