The End of Tsarist Russia

Posted on 01 January 2018 by Dominic Lieven

An Economist Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Book of the Year Lieven has a double gift first, for harvesting details to convey the essence of an era and, second, for finding new, startling, and clarifying elements in familiar stories This is history with a heartbeat, and it could not be engrossing Foreign AffairsOne of the world s leading scholars offers a fresh interpretation of the linked origins of World War I and the Russian Revolution World War I and the Russian Revolution together shaped the twentieth century in profound ways In The End of Tsarist Russia, acclaimed scholar Dominic Lieven connects for the first time the two events, providing both a history of the First World War s origins from a Russian perspective and an international history of why the revolution happened Based on exhaustive work in seven Russian archives as well as many non Russian sources, Dominic Lieven s work is about far than just Russia By placing the crisis of empire at its core, Lieven links World War I to the sweep of twentieth century global history He shows how contemporary hot issues such as the struggle for Ukraine were already crucial elements in the run up to 1914 By incorporating into his book new approaches and comparisons, Lieven tells the story of war and revolution in a way that is truly original and thought provoking. Best Download [ The End of Tsarist Russia ] Author [ Dominic Lieven ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This volume is at first a history of the collapse of the Russian Empire though you may have gathered that from the title , but it presents three connected narratives how Russia became involved in the war, how the war itself started his starting point is 1908, with the Austrian annexation of Bosnia , and then a look at the international causes of the Russian Revolution Lieven attempts to balance what he calls the God s eye view of the broader, structural causes of international conflict and This volume is at first a history of the collapse of the Russian Empire though you may have gathered that from the title , but it presents three connected narratives how Russia became involved in the war, how the war itself started his starting point is 1908, with the Austrian annexation of Bosnia , and then a look at the international causes of the Russian Revolution Lieven attempts to balance what he calls the God s eye view of the broader, structural causes of international conflict and domestic upheaval, how the remaining multi ethnic empires struggled to hold themselves together in a time of resurgent nationalism with the worm s eye view of individual political actors, such as the doomed Tsar, his ministers even those involved with dom... The End of Tsarist Russia The March to World War I and Revolution is a look at the world leading up until WWI Lieven is Professor of Russian studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Fellow of the British Academy and of Trinity College, Cambridge.Last year was the 100th Anniversary of the start of WWI and the world was saturated with new books on the subject I have read nearly thirty books on the war in the last two years, and for the most part, one area of the war ha The End of Tsarist Russia The March to World War I and Revolution is a look at the world leading up until WWI...In this fascinating read, author Dominic Lieven looks at the history of WWI from the perspective of Russia Indeed, he suggests that WWI was, essentially, an Eastern European conflict one in which the initial confrontation between Austria and Russia led to defeat for both sides Although the author is careful to explain events in some depth, so that you do not need to have any real background knowledge, I would not really recommend this book as a good starting point However, if you have an int In this fascinating read, author Dominic Lieven looks at the history of WWI from the perspective of Russia Indeed, he suggests that WWI was, essentially, an Eastern European conflict one in which the initial confrontation between Austria and Russia led to defeat for both sides Although the author is careful to explain events in s...Alltough some damn foolish thing in the Balkan would indeed bring about a European war, the role of the two Great Powers situated on the east side of the continent in its origins have received less attention in the English language historiography than those of Great Britain, its French ally and its infamous main opponent, the German Empire ...Unbelievably dry and dull Goodness.Enlightening perspective from the point of view of Russian history A non western perspective on the bloody 20th century That said for me it was tough sledding through a Russian winter.Just a bit too much detail for me so I got bored with it.Well researched analysis of the reasons and events leading the First World War from the perspective of Russia The author went through a lot of the documents in Russian archives which were not previously available He presents his results in a clear and concise manner He considers the influence of public opinion on the actions of the governments which was quite interesting.However, his conclusions are hardly controversial according to this book, only Germany could have stopped the war in July Well researched analysis of the reasons and events leading the First World War from the perspective of Russia The author went through a lot of the documents in Russian archives which were not previously available He presents his results in a clear and concise manner He considers the influence of public opinion on the actions of the governments which was quite interesting.However, his conclusions are hardly controversial according to ...Went into a bitdetail about individual diplomats than necessary Would have appreciated somedetail about the actual revolution That said, an excellent summary of the geopolitical situation in Central Eastern Europe leading to WW1.Can t say it wasn t well researched, but this worm s eye account of intragovernmental and diplomatic minutia was endlessly dull I kept waiting for the narrative to kick in, but this was just a 300 page Wikipedia article.

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01 January 2018

Dominic Lieven