The End of Tsarist Russia, Dominic Lieven
The End of Tsarist Russia, Dominic Lieven
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The End of Tsarist Russia
The March to World War I and Revolution

Author: Dominic Lieven

Narrator: Shaun Grindell

Unabridged: 18 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/18/2015

Synopsis

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.

About Dominic Lieven

Dominic Lieven is a senior research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a fellow of the British Academy. He previously taught Russian Studies at the London School of Economics for thirty-three years. His last book, Russia Against Napoleon, won the 2009 Wolfson Prize for History and the Prix Napoleon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by fourtriplezed on April 22, 2022

Dominic Lieven has produced a very deep analysis of the actions and opinions of the (so called) elites in Tsarist Russia in the decades leading up to and including The Great War. Lieven interspersing of his opinions also makes fascinating reading. I base the following opinion on my own recent resear......more

Goodreads review by robin on March 03, 2025

Tsarist Russia And The Great War Note added on November 20, 2019: I thought about this book and review in light of recent events. The author sees Ukraine and fights for its control as a source of instability that played a pivotal role in the outbreak of WW I. The centennial of the Great War has been......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on April 08, 2022

Another Home Run by Dominic Lieven. Towards the Flame is a view of Tsarist Russian foreign policy leading up to the First World War and the Russian Revolution that followed. The book explains this in the context of international relations, social and domestic politics of Russia, national feeling, mil......more

Goodreads review by Alex on September 12, 2016

Can't say it wasn't well-researched, but this "worm's eye" account of intragovernmental and diplomatic minutia was endlessly dull. I kept waiting for the narrative to kick in, but this was just a 300 page Wikipedia article.......more

Goodreads review by Hermien on March 26, 2018

Just a bit too much detail for me so I got bored with it.......more

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