Russian Origins of the First World War (Paperback)

from Shrike58

While I enjoy reading Sean McMeekin's work, the man is an unabashed polemicist who doesn't mind throwing bricks through windows; the question is whether these are the right windows. That said, I have to find McMeekin's argument that the Russian government had as much interest in going to war in 1...

from antiquary

It is hardly news that Tsarist Russia wanted Constantinople, but still the focus on the Russian side of the run-up to WWI is an interesting and unusual perspective.

from RandyStafford

The thesis of this book is that Imperial Russia, using the criteria of Fritz Fischer's famous Griff nach der Weltmacht aka Germany's Aims in the First World War) bears as much responsibility for starting World War One as Imperial Germany. McMeekin, using research into Turkish, Russian, French, ...

from RandyStafford

The thesis of this book is that Imperial Russia, using the criteria of Fritz Fischer's famous Griff nach der Weltmacht aka Germany's Aims in the First World War) bears as much responsibility for starting World War One as Imperial Germany. McMeekin, using research into Turkish, Russian, French, ...