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Anna Reid

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Anna Reid (born 1965) is an English journalist and author whose work focuses primarily on the history of Eastern Europe.

Early life

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Reid read law at Oxford University and studied Russian History at the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies. After working as a consultant and business journalist, she moved to Kyiv, where she was the Ukraine correspondent for the Economist from 1993 to 1995. From 2003 to 2007 she worked for the British think-tank Policy Exchange, editing several of their publications[1][2][3] and running the foreign affairs programme.[4]

Works

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Reid has published three books on East European history: Borderland: a journey through the history of Ukraine, The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia, and Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II: 1941-1944. Critics have praised her for her highly descriptive narratives of the locations she studies.[5] She has received especially high praise for Leningrad, which is the first 21st century book-length account of the Siege of Leningrad (modern-day Saint Petersburg) by the Germans from 1941 to 1944.[6] In its use of newly discovered primary sources from the Siege, including private diaries of ordinary citizens who suffered from cold and starvation during the winter of 1941-1942, the book has been called "a relentless chronicle of suffering."[7]

Her most recent book, A Nasty Little War: The Western Intervention into the Russian Civil War, chronicling the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, was published in 2023.[8]

Selected bibliography

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  • The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2003. ISBN 0-8027-7676-0.
  • Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II: 1941-1944. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2011. ISBN 978-0-8027-1594-4. [9]
  • Borderland: a Journey Through the History of Ukraine. Basic Books. 2015. ISBN 978-0465055890.
  • A Nasty Little War: The Western Intervention into the Russian Civil War. Basic Books. 2024. [10][11][12]

References

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  1. ^ Reid, Anna (2004). Lion Cubs? Lessons from Africa's Success Stories. Policy Exchange. ISBN 0-9545611-4-7.
  2. ^ Loveday, Barry and Anna Reid (2006). Size Isn't Everything: Restructuring Policing in England and Wales. Policy Exchange. ISBN 0-9551909-2-4.
  3. ^ Reid, Anna (2004). Taming Terrorism, It's Been Done Before. Policy Exchange. ISBN 0-9547527-5-9.
  4. ^ "Bloomsbury Publishing Author Biography: Anna Reid". Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  5. ^ Bobrick, Benson (15 December 2002). "How the East Was Won". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  6. ^ "The siege of Leningrad: 900 days of solitude". The Economist Newspaper Ltd. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  7. ^ O'Donnell, Michael (8 September 2011). "The untold tragedies of Leningrad". Salon Media Group. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  8. ^ The Guardian, "A Nasty Little War review – the west’s chaotic campaign to undo the Russian Revolution", 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  9. ^ Thomson, Ian (24 September 2011). "Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege 1941-44 by Anna Reid – review". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  10. ^ Donoghue, Steve (12 February 2024). "A Nasty Little War by Anna Reid". Open Letters Review. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  11. ^ "when the west tried to overturn the Russian revolution". Financial Times. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  12. ^ Harding, Luke (7 November 2023). "A Nasty Little War review – the west's chaotic campaign to undo the Russian Revolution". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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