Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he worked as a GP, first near Bristol and then in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He now lives in Kirkcudbright in Scotland. He is extensively involved in medical politics, at both local and national level, and served on the GPs' Committee of the British Medical Association. He appears from time to time on local and national TV and radio, speaking on a variety of medical issues. He contributes regularly to the medical press.An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th century military history, his previous books include the critically acclaimed Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944–45 (Osprey 2010) and Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II (Osprey 2013). The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21 is the last volume in his definitive four-part series on the Eastern Front in World War I.

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• List of IllustrationsList of MapsAuthor’s NoteChronologyDramatis PersonaeIntroductionChapter 1: The Road to FebruaryChapter 2: The Fall of the RomanovsChapter 3: The Wavering AllyChapter 4: Austria-Hungary’s Peace InitiativeChapter 5: Kerensky’s Offensive BeginsChapter 6: High Tide for Revolutionary RussiaChapter 7: The Implosion of RussiaChapter 8: The Bolsheviks and Red OctoberChapter 9: Russia’s Lowest Ebb: Brest-LitovskChapter 10: RomaniaChapter 11: The Pygmy Wars: FinlandChapter 12: The Fall of the HohenzollernsChapter 13: The Fall of the HabsburgsChapter 14: The Pygmy Wars: EstoniaChapter 15: The Pygmy Wars: LatviaChapter 16: The Pygmy Wars: Lithuania and PolandChapter 17: The Imperfect PeaceNotesBibliographyIndex

Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he worked as a GP, first near Bristol and then in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He now lives in Kirkcudbright in Scotland. He is extensively involved in medical politics, at both local and national level, and served on the GPs' Committee of the British Medical Association. He appears from time to time on local and national TV and radio, speaking on a variety of medical issues. He contributes regularly to the medical press.An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th century military history, his previous books include the critically acclaimed Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944–45 (Osprey 2010) and Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II (Osprey 2013). The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21 is the last volume in his definitive four-part series on the Eastern Front in World War I.

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• List of IllustrationsList of MapsAuthor’s NoteChronologyDramatis PersonaeIntroductionChapter 1: The Road to FebruaryChapter 2: The Fall of the RomanovsChapter 3: The Wavering AllyChapter 4: Austria-Hungary’s Peace InitiativeChapter 5: Kerensky’s Offensive BeginsChapter 6: High Tide for Revolutionary RussiaChapter 7: The Implosion of RussiaChapter 8: The Bolsheviks and Red OctoberChapter 9: Russia’s Lowest Ebb: Brest-LitovskChapter 10: RomaniaChapter 11: The Pygmy Wars: FinlandChapter 12: The Fall of the HohenzollernsChapter 13: The Fall of the HabsburgsChapter 14: The Pygmy Wars: EstoniaChapter 15: The Pygmy Wars: LatviaChapter 16: The Pygmy Wars: Lithuania and PolandChapter 17: The Imperfect PeaceNotesBibliographyIndex