| Description |
xviii, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Modern war studies |
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Modern war studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Personnel policy, everyday life, and the mentality of the Imperial Army -- Officer manning policies, 1856-1914 -- Educating the Imperial Russian Officer Corps, 1856-1903 -- The officers' regiment -- The soldiers' lives and the regiment,1856-1904 -- The transition from an army of honor to an army of virtue, 1874-1904 -- The political nature of the officer corps -- Part 2. War, revolution, and their aftermath -- The Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878 -- The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 -- The Revolution of 1905 -- The constitutional period, 1906-1914 -- Part 3. The First World War and Revolution -- The First World War: officers at war, July 1914-March 1917 -- The soldiers at war, July 1914-March 1917 -- Wartime officer-enlisted relations -- The February Revolution -- Officer-enlisted relations, March-October 1917. |
| Summary |
"This book is a social history of the Russian Army of the late imperial period that exposes the myths and corrects misinformation and misconceptions that have grown up around the history of the Imperial Russian Army. Through the use of recently available primary sources, Roger Reese demonstrates that the existing works of history provide a one-sided view of army life from the perspective of the most conservative officers, who were ignorant to the reality of the soldiers' lives. Reese argues that the existing explanations for the collapse of the Imperial Russian Army are either inadequate or inaccurate: World War One itself was not the only catalyst for the army's collapse; the officer corps failed to learn from the 1905 Revolution, which gave them all the information that they needed to avoid another revolt by soldiers; and the mutinies of the soldiers and heightened disaffection of Russian society in general should have been a wake-up call for the military to drastically change the relationship between officers and men, yet it went unheeded." --Provided by publisher. |
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Russia. Armiia -- History.
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Sociology, Military -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
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Sociology, Military -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
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Russia -- History, Military -- 1801-1917.
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Russia -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Russia. Armiia (OCoLC)fst00550099
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Sociology, Military. (OCoLC)fst01123942
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Russia (Federation) (OCoLC)fst01262050
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
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| ISBN |
9780700628605 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0700628606 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780700628612 electronic book |
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