{"product_id":"all-the-tsars-men-russias-general-staff-and-the-fate-of-the-empire-18981914-9780801895456","title":"All the Tsars Men Russias General Staff and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteinberg'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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Dates and Transliterations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Military Professionals and Professionalism in Russia at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e2. The Education of the Russian General Staff, 1898–1904\u003cbr\u003e3. The Training of the Imperial Russian Army, 1898–1904\u003cbr\u003e4. The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1905\u003cbr\u003e5. Reform Plans and the Politics of Reforming theImperial Army, 1905–1914\u003cbr\u003e6. The Drive toward a Unified Military Doctrine\u003cbr\u003e7. Maneuvers, War Games, and Staff Rides, 1905–1914\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Russian General Staff Officers in 1914— A Prosopographic Study\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Sources\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527635116375,"sku":"9780801895456","price":51.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801895456.jpg?v=1731868639","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/all-the-tsars-men-russias-general-staff-and-the-fate-of-the-empire-18981914-9780801895456","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}