Oliver Boyd-Barrett was formerly Director of the School of Media and Communications at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA, and now lectures at California State University. He is author of several books, including Hollywood and the CIA: Cinema, Defense and Subversion (Routledge 2011).

• 1. Introduction2. Immediate Causes of the 2014 Crisis3. Liberal Freedom Fights or Fascist Militia?4. Absent Context (1) Struggle for Eurasia5. Absent Context (2) Preparing the Neoliberal Turn in Ukraine’s Economy6. Crimea, Odessa, and Eastern Ukraine (Donbass)7. Representation, Misrepresentation and the Demonizing of Vladimir Putin8. The downing of MH179. The Russians are (maybe/probably not) Coming10. Articulating the Principles of Western Conflict Propaganda11. Conclusion

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Oliver Boyd-Barrett was formerly Director of the School of Media and Communications at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA, and now lectures at California State University. He is author of several books, including Hollywood and the CIA: Cinema, Defense and Subversion (Routledge 2011).

• 1. Introduction2. Immediate Causes of the 2014 Crisis3. Liberal Freedom Fights or Fascist Militia?4. Absent Context (1) Struggle for Eurasia5. Absent Context (2) Preparing the Neoliberal Turn in Ukraine’s Economy6. Crimea, Odessa, and Eastern Ukraine (Donbass)7. Representation, Misrepresentation and the Demonizing of Vladimir Putin8. The downing of MH179. The Russians are (maybe/probably not) Coming10. Articulating the Principles of Western Conflict Propaganda11. Conclusion

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Oliver Boyd-Barrett was formerly Director of the School of Media and Communications at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA, and now lectures at California State University. He is author of several books, including Hollywood and the CIA: Cinema, Defense and Subversion (Routledge 2011).

• 1. Introduction2. Immediate Causes of the 2014 Crisis3. Liberal Freedom Fights or Fascist Militia?4. Absent Context (1) Struggle for Eurasia5. Absent Context (2) Preparing the Neoliberal Turn in Ukraine’s Economy6. Crimea, Odessa, and Eastern Ukraine (Donbass)7. Representation, Misrepresentation and the Demonizing of Vladimir Putin8. The downing of MH179. The Russians are (maybe/probably not) Coming10. Articulating the Principles of Western Conflict Propaganda11. Conclusion

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