The Eastern Front 1914-1917

by Norman Stone

Overview

A groundbreaking historical study, Norman Stone's The Eastern Front 1914-1917 was the very first authoritative account of the Russian Front in World War I to be published in the West. In this now-classic history he dispels the myths surrounding a still relatively little-known aspect of the war, showing how inefficiency rather than economic shortage led to Russia's desperate privations and eventual retreat. He also interprets the connection between the war and the chaos that followed, arguing that although fighting had almost ceased by the end of 1916, Russia was still in turmoil—undergoing a period of change that would inexorably lead towards revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140267259
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	07/01/1998
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	879,163
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Norman Stone is a professor at Bilkent University. He was a professor of modern history at the University of Oxford from 1984-1997. He is the author of The Atlantic and its Enemies, Europe Transformed, Hitler: An Introduction, and World War One: A Short History.

Table of Contents

The Army And The State In Tsarist Russia
The Military Imperative, July 1914
The Opening Round - East Prussia
The Opening Round -Galicia
The First War-Winter, 1914-1915
The Austro-Hungarian Emergency
The Shell-Shortage, 1915
The Retreat, 1915
The Political War-Economy, 1916-1917
The Second War-Winter, 1915-1916
Summer 1916
The Romanian Campaign, 1916-1917
War And Revolution, 1917.

Editorial Reviews

"A classic account. . . that even after thirty years remains essential reading."  —Sunday Times


"One of the outstanding historians of our age."  —Spectator


"Fills an enormous gap in our knowledge and understanding of the Great War."  —Sunday Telegraph


"A landmark in its field. . . it is still the best book on the eastern front."  —Orlando Figes, historian


"Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship."  —Niall Ferguson, historian

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