Towards the Flame: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia

Publisher’s Description:”The Russian decision to mobilize in July 1914 may have been the single most catastrophic choice of the modern era. Russia’s rulers thought they were acting to secure their future, but after millions of deaths and two revolutions they were consigning their country to a uniquely terrible generations-long experiment under a very different regime.”

Publication Date: 28 May 2015
Author: Dominic Lieven
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