"The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I..." Topic

… and Revolution by Dominic Lieven.

"This topic, in many respects, is my bread and butter. I'm a student of Soviet/Russian history and while I specialize in the Second World War, I've also done a fair amount of research on the First World War, including the lead up to the outbreak of hostilities in the summer of 1914. I had high hopes for a new treatment of the outbreak of the war from the Russian perspective, but Dominic Lieven promised much and delivered little, in my opinion. The subtitle, 'WWI & The Road to Revolution' is somewhat misleading. The lead up to the outbreak of the war takes up 312 of this 368 page tome. How can you fit in WWI and the Road to Revolution in some 50 pages?…"
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Amicalement
Armand

I read the book WW1 and the Road to Russian Revolution and thought that it was pretty good. I would recommed it myself and didn't think it was a dry as the reviewer seems to inicate. I just finished reading the Balkan Wars – Prelude to the First World War – which is much more of what the reviewer describes. Way too many personalities to follow without making a chart or list. Road is actually pretty compact in that resective. The biggest problem with both books is a lack of maps. I am generally familiar with Polish, German and Russian geography, but Balkan maps are really a requirement if you are going to try to introduce the general public to a relatively new area.

Many thanks for your guidance my friend.

Amicalement
Armand