The End of Tsarist Russia de Dominic Lieven

The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution

Dominic Lieven

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 aug 2016

An "Economist "Best Book of the Year
A "Financial Times" Best Book of the Year
"Lieven has a double gift: first, for harvesting details to convey the essence of an eraand, second, for finding new, startling, and clarifying elements in familiar stories.This is history with a heartbeat, and itcould not be more engrossing." "Foreign Affairs"
One 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 more 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.

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