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

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

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Author / Creator:Lieven, D. C. B.
Imprint:[New York] : Penguin Books, 2016.
Description:xvii, 426 pages : maps, illustrations ; 21 cm
Language:English
Subject:
World War (1914-1918)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia.
Diplomatic relations.
Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
Russia -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
Germany -- Foreign relations -- Russia.
Russia -- Foreign relations -- 1894-1917.
Russia.
Germany.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11659940
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ISBN:0143109553
9780143109556
Notes:"First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, 2015"--Title page verso.
"First published in Great Britain under the title Towards the flame: empire, war and the end of Tsarist Russia, by Allen Lane ..."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"'As much as anything, World War I 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. But Towards the Flame 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."--Jacket.

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