"As usual, Jelavich has written an impressive book, minor criticisms notwithstanding. She has done extensive research in archives throughout Europe as well as in Washington, D.C....This book is recommended to students and specialists interested in nineteenth-century European foreign affairs as well as to those who seek explanations for the 1917 February Revolution in Russia." The Historian

• List of maps and illustrations; Preface; 1. Rights and obligations acquired: the advance to the Black Sea, the Danubian Principalities, and the Serbian revolution; 2. Rights and obligations defended and extended: the Greek revolution and the Russo-Turkish War, 1828–9; 3. The defense of the status quo: the Crimean War; 4. Balkan involvements continued: the Bulgarian question and the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–8; 5. Final steps: the Belgrade link and the origins of World War I; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

"As usual, Jelavich has written an impressive book, minor criticisms notwithstanding. She has done extensive research in archives throughout Europe as well as in Washington, D.C....This book is recommended to students and specialists interested in nineteenth-century European foreign affairs as well as to those who seek explanations for the 1917 February Revolution in Russia." The Historian

• List of maps and illustrations; Preface; 1. Rights and obligations acquired: the advance to the Black Sea, the Danubian Principalities, and the Serbian revolution; 2. Rights and obligations defended and extended: the Greek revolution and the Russo-Turkish War, 1828–9; 3. The defense of the status quo: the Crimean War; 4. Balkan involvements continued: the Bulgarian question and the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–8; 5. Final steps: the Belgrade link and the origins of World War I; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.