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All the Tsar´s Men: Russia´s General Staff and the Fate of the Empire, 1898–1914
John W. Steinberg
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Hardback. These officers, he explains, were operating within a command structure unwilling to grant them the autonomy necessary to effect significant reform, which proved disastrous for the army and-ultimately-the empire. Num Pages: 408 pages, 32, 28 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 686.
All the Tsar's Men examines how institutional reforms designed to prepare the Imperial Russian Army for the modern battlefield failed to prevent devastating defeats in both the 1905 Russo-Japanese War and World War I. John W. Steinberg argues that the General Staff officers who devised new educational and doctrinal reforms had the experience, dedication, and leadership skills to defend the empire in the new age of warfare but were continually impeded by institutionalized inefficiency and rigid control from their superiors. These officers, he explains, were operating within a command structure unwilling to grant them the autonomy necessary to effect significant ... Read more
All the Tsar's Men examines how institutional reforms designed to prepare the Imperial Russian Army for the modern battlefield failed to prevent devastating defeats in both the 1905 Russo-Japanese War and World War I. John W. Steinberg argues that the General Staff officers who devised new educational and doctrinal reforms had the experience, dedication, and leadership skills to defend the empire in the new age of warfare but were continually impeded by institutionalized inefficiency and rigid control from their superiors. These officers, he explains, were operating within a command structure unwilling to grant them the autonomy necessary to effect significant ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
686g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801895456
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V9780801895456
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About John W. Steinberg
John W. Steinberg is an associate professor of history at Georgia Southern University. He has contributed to two major edited works on this period, Reforming the Tsar's Army and The Russo-Japanese War: World War Zero. He was a Kennan Institute Research Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 1996.
Reviews for All the Tsar´s Men: Russia´s General Staff and the Fate of the Empire, 1898–1914
Steinberg's book is a fine piece of work and it makes a significant contribution to the field.
Jonathan Grant World History Connected 2011 All the Tsar's Men...should be required reading for anyone interested in Imperial Russian military history.
David Schimmelpenninck ven der Oye The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review 2011 Steinberg's book is extremely useful...This book rewards reading.
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Jonathan Grant World History Connected 2011 All the Tsar's Men...should be required reading for anyone interested in Imperial Russian military history.
David Schimmelpenninck ven der Oye The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review 2011 Steinberg's book is extremely useful...This book rewards reading.
... Read more