Title: The Chronicle of Illusion: How the West Lost Reality in the Ukraine War (2022–2025) Author: Konrad V. Sthamer Short Description: A composite armour plate does not shatter because the enemy’s morale is poor. It shatters when the kinetic energy of the projectile exceeds the molecular resistance of the steel. While victory was being conjured up in the well-lit talk shows of the West, physics dictated a different, inexorable reality in the trenches of the Donbass. Book Description: "The Chronicle of Illusion" is neither an indictment nor a political pamphlet. It is the cold autopsy of a death foretold. Konrad V. Sthamer, military historian and former risk analyst, deconstructs the wishful thinking of an entire era. He guides the reader from the first hours of the "Fog of War" in February 2022, through the hubris of failed counter-offensives, to the bitter extinguishing of the light in the winter of 2025. Why this book is different: This work ignores the hero epics and Twitter narratives. It looks where it hurts: At the spreadsheets of artillery ammunition, into the balance sheets of corrupt backrooms, and at the geopolitical maps redrawn in Anchorage and Beijing. Discover in this minute chronicle: Why the "Wunderwaffen" Failed: Why Leopard, HIMARS, and F-16 could not leverage out the laws of military mass. - The Economy of Ruin: How sanctions strengthened Russia and drove Europe into a "deadly debt spiral". - The End Game 2025: The detailed reconstruction of the collapse – from the cold shock in Washington under Trump to the encirclement of Pokrovsk. - The Cold Peace: A ruthless analysis of what comes after the guns fall silent – and why "Istanbul Plus" is not a negotiation, but a dictate. In the tradition of great realists: This book combines detailed military analysis with geopolitical foresight. A must-read for those who appreciate the analytical depth of a Christopher Clark and the atmospheric immediacy of a Peter Scholl-Latour. "The ink in the book of history dries quickly. But the page is not yet turned." Buy now and understand why the West lost the war before it ended.