You might have thought that a serious book on the Ukraine crisis, written by a distinguished academic in good clear English, and published by a  reputable house, might have gained quite a bit of attention at a time when that country is at the centre of many people's concerns.

 But some readers here now understand that publishing, and especially the reviewing of books, are not the simple marketplaces of ideas which we would all wish them to be.

 And so, as far as I can discover, this book :

 'Frontline Ukraine : Crisis in the Borderlands , by Richard Sakwa. Published by I.B.Tauris