A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb: a pulsing, immersive narrative of boots-on-the-ground reporting. The War Came To Us is an important book, and a testament to the importance of quality journalism. Miller is dogged in his reporting, and a fine writer. He has the right amounts of courage, intellectual honesty, chutzpah, self-effacing humour and talent, reminding this reader of AJ Liebling’s superlative collection of second World War writings.

A vivid, engaged and engaging series of vignettes and impressions of the period up to the early days of the war… What a passionate, colourful journey –by turns inspiring and horrifying – it turns out to be.

Vivid… Shocking… [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.

An eye-opening and deeply touching inside story of the country’s long fight for freedom against Russian aggression.

Christopher Miller has been an indispensable guide to what’s been really happening in Ukraine for a decade or more, and his writing has helped show the world the true face of a country that is too often lied about.

When I want to know what is happening in Ukraine, I turn first to Chris Miller’s reporting. Whether it’s the latest information from the front lines of Russia’s war against Ukraine, insightful analysis on political manoeuvrings in Kyiv, or understanding into what the average Ukrainian is thinking about current events, Miller always has the inside track. Now in his riveting book The War Came to Us, this foremost expert on the region takes us back over the last 12 years, providing the history, the culture and the context to help us understand where Ukraine is today and what might come next. A must-read for those who want to get beyond the headlines.

Christopher Miller knows Ukraine with unmatchable depth and a fierce intimacy — way before it became the eye of the global storm he was living and studying in this critical country. There isn’t a village he hasn’t visited and a front line he hasn’t crossed. The world is belatedly waking up to the importance of Ukraine. And Miller is the ultimate guide.

A penetrating account of the reality of Putin’s war on Ukraine… With powerful stories and insightful background, Miller provides a human dimension to a bloody conflict.

War correspondent Miller’s heart-pounding debut describes in gritty detail the frontline fighting and key events preceding Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine…this is frontline reporting at its finest.

Written with love, respect, and the critical eye of a reporter, the book evinces deep
dedication to an adopted homeland… The War Came to Us is a detailed, personal, and engaging account of recent transformative events in Ukraine’s history.

Fascinating.

It’s Chris’ capacity for both narrative restraint and warm-hearted, unpretentious observations of his surroundings that make him stand out among many chroniclers of modern Ukraine in both its horror and its glory.

…Christopher Miller brings the war and its impact on Ukraine’s people back to the front page, sparing no details, and in so doing provides one of the best and most insightful narrative histories yet published of the war against Ukraine…

Christopher Miller’s book not only takes you to the fields of the Russian–Ukrainian war, but also to the recent history of Ukraine, without knowledge of which it is difficult to understand and appreciate what is happening now. The War Came To Us is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how this war is changing Ukraine and Ukrainians, and how it is making dramatic changes to the world order.

The War Came to Us is the single-best account of how Ukraine found itself at the center of Russia’s imperial ambitions – and the best book yet written on the Ukrainians who are fighting to make their country free once more.

In his rendering of the contrast between war and peace, peace and war, Christopher Miller has given us an invaluable record of Ukraine’s past and present.

[Miller] is particularly good at recounting the chaotic, precarious early days of the war.

An engrossing read and must-read item for anyone interested in Ukraine and the ongoing war on its territory.

The War Came To Us [is] a deeply reported yet personal and nuanced account of the long war in Ukraine, by a brilliant and collegiate correspondent.

Miller…does what a veteran journalist does best — he allows the people to speak.

Miller’s insights come with the curiosity that any good journalist should possess, and it is clear that in his years of work he has engaged with people wherever he goes in Ukraine to establish reliable sources as well as to try and understand their perspective better.

Christopher Miller’s The War Came to Us should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in foreign policy, international relations, domestic politics, war journalism, or defense and security studies. Superb book.