An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Best Book of the Year Winner of the the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize Finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize An Amazon Best Book of the Month (History) One of the world s leading scholars offers a fresh interpretation of the linked origins of World War I and the Russian Revolution 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 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.
From the Hardcover edition.
| Gift | First for harvesting details to convey the essence of an eraand second for finding new startling and clarifying elements in familiar storiesthis is history with a heartbeat and itcould not be more engrossing |
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Penguin Books The end of tsarist russia: the march to world war i and revolution, paperback/dominic lieven
