Trying to make sense of the War in Ukraine? Scott Reynolds Nelson's latest book and research provides a further historical perspective on the current situation. Check out the current article "Wheat and Deep Ports: The Long History of Putin's Invasion of Ukraine" at the History News Network, and Nelson's new book Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade The World (Basic Books Feb 2022), about the Russian and American contest over the international market for wheat. Scott Reynolds Nelson is the Georgia Athletic Association Professor of History at the University of Georgia. historynewsn
