Reforming the Tsar's Army: Military Innovation in Imperial Russia from Peter the Great to the Revolution (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David [Editor]; Menning, Bruce W. [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0521819881 / ISBN 13: 9780521819886

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reforming the Tsar's Army: Military Innovation in Imperial Russia from Peter the Great to the Revolution (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521819881
• ISBN 13: 9780521819886
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 22 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • MIHistory::Military

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Synopsis

From Peter the Great to Nicholas II, Russian rulers always understood the need to maintain an army and navy capable of preserving the empire's great power status. This volume examines how Imperial Russia's armed forces sought to adapt to the challenges of modern warfare. The tsars inevitably faced the dilemma of importing European military and technological innovations while censoring political beliefs that could challenge the autocracy's monopoly on power. Within the context of a constant race to avoid oblivion, the impulse for military renewal emerges from this volume as a fundamental and recurring theme in modern Russian history.

Book Description

This volume examines how Imperial Russia's armed forces sought to adapt to the challenges of modern warfare. From Peter the Great to Nicholas II, 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. Within the context of a constant race to avoid oblivion, the impulse for military renewal emerges as a fundamental and recurring theme in modern Russian history.