Q&A: A Ukrainian Historian Looks to History to Explain Ukraine's Resilience Against Russia

Before the war, Yaroslav Hrytsak wrote a history of Ukraine that became a bestseller in the country. Now, it's out in English and uses history as a guide to understanding the war and Ukraine's future.

Yaroslav Hrytsak is a historian and public intellectual living in Lviv, Ukraine and a professor at Ukrainian Catholic University. He is the author of a new book, Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation, whi…