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Book SynopsisThese 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.
Trade ReviewSteinberg'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
Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
A Note on Dates and Transliterations
Introduction
1. Military Professionals and Professionalism in Russia at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
2. The Education of the Russian General Staff, 1898–1904
3. The Training of the Imperial Russian Army, 1898–1904
4. The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1905
5. Reform Plans and the Politics of Reforming theImperial Army, 1905–1914
6. The Drive toward a Unified Military Doctrine
7. Maneuvers, War Games, and Staff Rides, 1905–1914
Conclusion
Appendix: Russian General Staff Officers in 1914— A Prosopographic Study
A Note on Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Index
