Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals

D.C.B. Lieven

ISBN 10: 0719552435 / ISBN 13: 9780719552434

Published by John Murray Press, United Kingdom, London, 2000

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This book explores the role of empire in world history. What does it mean to be an empire? How does one empire differ from another? Why does an empire rise and why fall? Why have empires flourished in some eras and regions of the world but not in others?;On an unusually wide canvas, Dominic Lieven addresses all these questions. His central focus is on the rise and fall of empire in Russia and the Soviet Union. The dynamics of empire's history in Russia are explored through comparisons not only between the tsarist and Soviet periods but also between Russia, its great contemporaries and rivals of the Ottoman, Habsburg and British empires, and a broad range of other cases from ancient China to Rome to the present-day United States, Indonesia, India and the European Union.;Dominic Lieven shows that many of empire's dilemmas still have their force in today's world. His perspective throws light on the current crisis in the former USSR by comparing post-Soviet problems and dangers with the upheavals caused by the collapse of other leading powers' empires.A fresh view of many of today's most intractable issues is also provided, from the troubles in Ulster to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and the fate of Russian, British, German and Asian diasporas stranded by the collapse of empire. ;Here is history on the grandest scale. Dominic Lieven questions assumptions, raises unexpected questions and approaches familiar historical topics from unfamiliar Russian angles. He combines formidable erudition with stimulating readability. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals
• Publisher: John Murray Press, United Kingdom, London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719552435
• ISBN 13: 9780719552434
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 921 grams

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Empire: The Russian Empire and its rivalsAuthor: Lieven, DominicTitle: Empire: The Russian Empire and its rivalsPublication: John Murray Publishers, LtdEdition: FIRST EDITIONDescription: First Edition, First Printing. Published by John Murray Publishers, Ltd, 2000. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new, with some shelf/edgewear.Seller ID: 537356Subject: History We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!

About the Author

Walter Liedtke is curator in the department of European paintings and Michiel C. Plomp is associate curator in the department of drawings and prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Axel Rüger is curator of Dutch paintings at the National Gallery, London.

Dominic Lieven, a former Kennedy scholar at Harvard University, is professor of Russian government at the London School of Economics. Among his many publications are the highly praised Nicholas II and Russia's Rulers Under the Old Regime, published by Yale University Press.