Recently published books can help readers better understand Russia and the war in Ukraine. Here is a list of must-read books.

Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ruining the Russian economy. Tensions quickly escalated; every attempt to negotiate failed. SOKHOLOV: The Russian army starts to concentrate ...

(Napoleon’s 1812 invasion was Russia’s first “patriotic war ... A poster advertising a “Book For A Soldier” committee, which called for Russians to donate books for frontline ...

Louis Napoleon, nephew of the great Napoleon ... Alfred Neumann, German historical novelist, has evidently pondered Guedalla’s book. Preferring heroics to irony, and following the career ...