State-Building: A Comparative Study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia Book

I initially gave this book 4 stars, but took it down to 3 since I didn't actually read all of it - I focused on the Ukraine chapters. These chapters provide a very concise explanation of Ukrainian politics and state-building from Kuchma through Yushchenko, including the Orange Revolution. There is a bit of an emphasis on fiscal/tax reforms, which is interesting, but occasionally too much for me and my narrowly focused research paper mode. Another book that I'd like to come back to someday when I once again get to read entire books just for the hell of it.