All the Tsar's Men

Russia's General Staff and the Fate of the Empire, 1898–1914

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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All the Tsar's Men examines how institutional reforms designed to prepare the Imperial Russian Army for the modern battlefield failed to prevent devastating defeats in both the 1905 Russo-Japanese War and World War I. John W. Steinberg argues that the General Staff officers who devised new educational and doctrinal reforms had the experience, dedication, and leadership skills to defend the empire in the new age of warfare but were continually impeded by institutionalized inefficiency and rigid control from their superiors. These officers, he explains, were operating within a command structure unwilling to grant them the autonomy necessary to effect significant reform, which proved disastrous for the army and-ultimately-the empire.

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 31 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:408
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801895456

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John W. Steinberg is an associate professor of history at Georgia Southern University. He has contributed to two major edited works on this period, Reforming the Tsar's Army and The Russo-Japanese War: World War Zero. He was a Kennan Institute Research Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 1996.

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Steinberg's book is a fine piece of work and it makes a significant contribution to the field. -- Jonathan Grant World History Connected 2011 All the Tsar's Men...should be required reading for anyone interested in Imperial Russian military history. -- David Schimmelpenninck ven der Oye The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review 2011 Steinberg's book is extremely useful...This book rewards reading. -- Keith Neilson The Journal of Military History 2010 An important read for serious students of Russian military history, World War I, and the military staff. -- A. A. Nofi StrategyWorld.com 2011 All the Tsar's Men will be useful to anyone seeking more detail on the ways that Russian commanders were trained in the last days of the Romanov empire. -- Joshua Sanborn Slavic Review 2011

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List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsA Note on Dates and TransliterationsIntroduction1. Military Professionals and Professionalism in Russia at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century2. The Education of the Russian General Staff, 1898–19043. The Training of the Imperial Russian Army, 1898–19044. The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–19055. Reform Plans and the Politics of Reforming theImperial Army, 1905–19146. The Drive toward a Unified Military Doctrine7. Maneuvers, War Games, and Staff Rides, 1905–1914ConclusionAppendix: Russian General Staff Officers in 1914— A Prosopographic StudyA Note on SourcesNotesBibliographyIndex