Contemporary Ukraine: Independence

The Moulding of Ukraine: The Constitutional Politics of State Formation

Kataryna Wolczuk

Budapest: Central European University Press, 2001
ISBN ISBN 963-9241-24-5 (cloth), 963-9241-25-3 (paperback)

The book treats Ukraine as a case study in tracing the key moments of decision making in the course of creating a new state while shedding the legacies of 'Soviet-type' statehood. It offers a systematic examination of competing ideological visions of statehood and discusses them against the backdrop of historical traditions in Ukraine.

Ukraine: Perestroika to Independence

Taras Kuzio

New York: St Martin's Press, 2000 (2nd edition)
ISBN 0-312-21674-2

The main focus of this book is the transition in Ukraine from the policies of perestroika and glasnost, introduced in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev, to the ultimate break with Moscow which brought an end to both the Union and Gorbachev's own career.

Above and Beyond: From Soviet General to Ukrainian State Builder

Kostiantyn P. Morozov

Cambridge MA: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2000
ISBN 0-916458-77-6

Memoirs of Kostiantyn Morozov, a former air force commander in Soviet Ukraine who became independent Ukraine's first Minister of Defence. The book focuses on the period from 1988 to 1992, covering the end of the USSR and the birth of independent Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Resurgence

Bohdan Nahaylo

London: Hurst & Company, 1999
ISBN 1-85065-169-8 (cased), 1-85065-168-X (paper)

An extensive and detailed account of developments in Ukraine, serving as a concise modern political history. The book provides insights into how the Soviet Union collapsed and contributes to a better understanding of the new political landscape in Eastern and Central Europe.