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The end of tsarist Russia : the march to World War I and revolution / Dominic Lieven.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2015]Description: xv, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780670025589 (hbk.)
  • 0670025585 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Towards the flame
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 947.08/3 23
LOC classification:
  • DK262 .L49 2015b
Contents:
A world of empires -- The Russian Empire -- The decision makers -- The emergence of the Triple Entente, 1904-9 -- Crisis follows crisis, 1909-13 -- 1914 -- The July crisis -- War, revolution, and empire -- Afterword.
Scope and content: "'As much as anything, the First World War turned on the fate of Ukraine...' The decision to go to war in 1914 had catastrophic consequences for Russia. The result was revolution, civil war and famine in 1917-20, followed by decades of Communist rule. Dominic Lieven's powerful and original new book, based on exhaustive and unprecedented study in Russian and many other foreign archives, explains why this suicidal decision was made and explores the world of the men who made it, thereby consigning their entire class to death or exile and making their country the victim of a uniquely terrible political experiment under Lenin and Stalin. Epic in detail and scope, and unique in its perspective, THE END OF TSARIST RUSSIA is a gripping study of why the Russian Revolution happened and why it had such fateful consequences for both Russia and Europe. THE END OF TSARIST RUSSIA is about far more than Russia. By looking at the origins and results of the First World War from a mostly Russian angle, it offers a radically different view of why Europe descended into disaster. Dominic Lieven's interpretation of Europe's great war and Russia's revolution will overturn assumptions about events that still have major implications for world history down to the present day"--Front flap.
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Book Book Owen R. Hopkins Public Library Owen R. Hopkins Public Library Nonfiction 940.311 LIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185000962082
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"First published in Great Britain under the title Towards the flame : empire, war, and the end of tsarist Russia, by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK"--Title page verso.

"'As much as anything, the First World War turned on the fate of Ukraine...' The decision to go to war in 1914 had catastrophic consequences for Russia. The result was revolution, civil war and famine in 1917-20, followed by decades of Communist rule. Dominic Lieven's powerful and original new book, based on exhaustive and unprecedented study in Russian and many other foreign archives, explains why this suicidal decision was made and explores the world of the men who made it, thereby consigning their entire class to death or exile and making their country the victim of a uniquely terrible political experiment under Lenin and Stalin. Epic in detail and scope, and unique in its perspective, THE END OF TSARIST RUSSIA is a gripping study of why the Russian Revolution happened and why it had such fateful consequences for both Russia and Europe. THE END OF TSARIST RUSSIA is about far more than Russia. By looking at the origins and results of the First World War from a mostly Russian angle, it offers a radically different view of why Europe descended into disaster. Dominic Lieven's interpretation of Europe's great war and Russia's revolution will overturn assumptions about events that still have major implications for world history down to the present day"--Front flap.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-417) and index.

A world of empires -- The Russian Empire -- The decision makers -- The emergence of the Triple Entente, 1904-9 -- Crisis follows crisis, 1909-13 -- 1914 -- The July crisis -- War, revolution, and empire -- Afterword.

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