Description
Book SynopsisThe Indiana U. Press edition (1978) is cited in BCL3 . A scholarly biography that provides a view of Russian autocracy. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Preface
Part One: Prologue
1. 1825: The Emperor Is Dead! Long Live the Emperor!
2. The Education of a Drill-Master
Part Two: Genesis
3. The Genesis of the Nicholas System
4. The Heritage of the Holy Alliance
Part Three: Absolutism Triumphant
The Apogee of Autocracy
Europe's Gendarme Emerges
Part Four: The Attack Begins
7. Nicholas and Russia's Intellectuals
8. The Year 1848
Part Five: D\u00e9nouement
9. The Last Years of the Nicholas System
10. The Last Act: The Crimean War
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index