aid as it’s locked in a battle for survival against Russia's campaign of total annihilation. Trump's history of fostering a rapport with Russian leader Vladimir Putin only adds a layer of uncertainty to an already volatile geopolitical landscape.Amid this backdrop, many wonder how we arrived at this point. Intellectuals’ role has never been more essential — or more fraught — in exposing how history is manipulated to incite war and how, in such a climate, the ghosts of past tragedies risk being ignored. The persistent banality of evil and the ceaseless tide of daily tragedies challenge our ability to make sense of the modern world.The Kyiv Independent spoke with U.S. historian Marci Shore about a number of topics related to Russia’s war against Ukraine, including national trauma, guilt, dehumanization, and totalitarianism.Historian Marci Shore on March 18, 2019.