RT Book T1 The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine: The Mass Killing that Changed the World T2 Rethinking Political Violence A1 Katchanovski, Ivan LA English PP Cham PB Springer Nature YR 2024 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1904856594 AB This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Maidan massacre in Ukraine. It uses a theoretical framework of rational choice, moral hazard, state- repression backfire, and Weberian ideas about rational action to explore the massacre. The book draws on publicly available videos, photos and audio recordings of the massacre in English, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and other languages, along with several hundred individual testimonies and revelations from the Ukrainian investigation and a trial and its verdict. By examining which parties were responsible for the massacre, the book analyses its implications for not only Russia’s war on Ukraine but also political developments across the globe OP 266 SN 9783031671210 SN 9783031671203 K1 Terrorism, armed struggle K1 Peace studies and conflict resolution K1 International Relations