The Russian Origins of the First World War

The Russian Origins of the First World War

In a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the warâ€™s beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a miscalculation. The key to the outbreak of violence, he argues, lies in St. Petersburg. Russian statesmen unleashed the war through policy decisions based on imperial ambitions in the Near East.
Country USA
Manufacturer Harvard University Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-12-12
Format Kindle eBook