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REFORMING THE TSAR'S ARMY
MILITARY INNOVATION IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA FROM PETER THE GREAT TO THE REVOLUTION |
| By: |
David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (Editor), Bruce W. Menning (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521819881 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521819886 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
18 March, 2004 |
| Series: |
Woodrow Wilson Center Press |
| Pages: |
376 |
| Description: |
This volume examines how Imperial Russia's armed forces sought to adapt to the challenges of modern warfare. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume examines how Imperial Russia's armed forces sought to adapt to the challenges of modern warfare. Russian rulers always understood the need to maintain an army and navy capable of preserving the empire's great power status. Yet they inevitably faced the dilemma of importing European military and technological innovations while keeping out political ideas that could challenge the autocracy's monopoly on power. Reforming the Tsar's Army touches on many broader issues in politics, international relations, economy and society, and combines the efforts of leading specialists of Russian military history from North America, Europe and Russia to consider many aspects of this dilemma. Grouped around broad themes of resources, intelligence, personality, and responses to specific wars, these essays benefit from the new archival openness to yield some surprising insights into the empire's willingness and ability to adapt to change. |
| Illustrations: |
1 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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