| Description |
637 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1914. "It is a wide road that leads to the war" ; The fall campaigns ; The war's first winter -- 1915. The road to disaster ; Russia's great retreat ; The tsar takes command ; New ways of politics -- 1916. The roots of upheaval ; The Brusilov offensive ; "Dancing a last tango" ; "Is this stupidity, or is this treason?" -- 1917. "Down with the tsar!" ; New men and old policies ; "To keep the swing from going over th e top" ; Kerenskii takes charge ; Lenin seizes power -- 1918. Birth pangs of a new order ; Peace and war. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 581-613. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia.
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Causes.
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
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Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
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| Indexed Term |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics History, 1917-1922 |
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Russia History, 1855-1917 |
| ISBN |
0671557092 |
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0671645609 paperback |
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