Book Review: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine

Authors

Josh VanBuskirk

Files

Description

Author: Scott Horton

Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Josh VanBuskirk, commander, 6th Battalion, 95th Regiment, San Antonio, Texas

Billed by the reviewer as “must-read for military professionals who want to understand how the United States and Russia came to the precipice of war,” this book posits that the Washington bipartisan foreign policy consensus is to blame for the Russia-Ukraine War. Using US diplomats, bureaucrats, defense contractors, and politicians to make his point, Horton uses their work to argue for restraint when dealing with Russia.

©2025 Josh VanBuskirk

Publication Date

7-1-2025

Keywords

Russia, Ukraine, Russia-Ukraine War, Cold War, NATO

Disciplines

Defense and Security Studies

Recommended Citation

Josh VanBuskirk, Book Review: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine ( US Army War College Press, 2025),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/80