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Reforming the Tsar's Army: Military Innovation in Imperial Russia from Peter the Great to the Revolution - Woodrow Wilson Center Press
David Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye
Reforming the Tsar's Army: Military Innovation in Imperial Russia from Peter the Great to the Revolution - Woodrow Wilson Center Press
David Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye
This volume examines how Imperial Russia's armed forces sought to adapt to the challenges of modern warfare. Russian rulers always understood the need to maintain armed forces capable of preserving the empire's power, yet they faced the dilemma of importing European military innovations while keeping out subversive political ideas.
376 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 3, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9780521174435 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 376 |
Dimensions | 154 × 229 × 22 mm · 562 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Menning, Bruce W. (University of Kansas) |
Editor | Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David (Brock University, Ontario) |
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