Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-415) and index.
Contents
A moment of history -- The doomed conspiracy -- The autocratic inheritance -- The state of the empire -- The growth of the mind -- The imperial mission -- The slow drift to disaster -- The Crimean fiasco -- The new tsar -- Revolution from above -- Limits of tolerance and vision -- Peace abroad; prosperity at home -- Aspects of self-love -- "How great is Russia!" -- The impact of terror -- The peace of the graveyard -- New wine in very old bottles -- Nicholas and Alexandra -- Defeat in Asia -- "Impossible to live thus any longer" -- Stolypin and the thirteenth hour -- The end.
