Fuller argues that the problems faced by the new Commonwealth of Independent States, in particular the threat of a reactionary military establishment, are similar to those encountered by Tsarist governments. He examines the role of the military in Russian political life from 1600 to 1914.
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xx, 557 pages : maps ; 24 cm. Contents: "Backwardness" and Russian strategy -- Russian military weakness in the seventeenth century -- Peter the Great and the advantages of "backwardness" -- Russian imperialism and military power in the eighteenth century : obstacles -- Russian imperialism and military power in the eighteenth century : why and how -- The baleful consequences of victory : Russian strategy and the War of 1812 -- The policy and strategy of Nicholas I -- From the Treaty of Paris to the Congress of Berlin, 1856-78 : Russia and the new vulnerability -- Alliances, squandered opportunities, and self-inflicted wounds : Russia between two wars, 1878-1903 -- The quest for exits : Russian strategy, 1904-1914 -- Strategies of confidence and strategies of fear : toward a strategic interpretation of the history of the Russian empire. Subjects: Civil-military relations Russia. Russia History, Military 1801-1917. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 479255
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