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Book SynopsisA prince in one of Russia''s most exalted noble families, Grigorii N. Trubetskoi was a unique and contradictory figure during World War I. A lifelong civil servant and publicist, he began his diplomatic career in Constantinople, where he served as first secretary of the embassy there for several years. He became one of the leaders of an important political orientation among the liberals that began to express opposition to the tsar, not only on questions of political freedom and domestic political reform, but also by criticizing the tsar''s foreign policy on nationalistic grounds. Trubetskoi possessed significant influence over Russian foreign policy and was instrumental in pushing the regime toward an aggressive annexationist stand in the Balkans. When the Russian ambassador to Serbia died suddenly in June of 1914, Trubetskoi was appointed as his replacementsituating him at the center of Russian diplomacy during the decisive period of Russia''s entry into the war. His account of thi
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A very important memoir. Very few others had the intimate view of Russian foreign policy and its leadership that Trubetskoi had.
-- Ronald P. Bobroff, Oglethorpe University
