Russia and the Origins of the First World War

by Dominic Lieven, Dominic C. Lieven

Genres: History, Russian History, Russia

225 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Dominic Lieven is Professor of Russian studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Fellow of the British Academy and of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Reviews

[George Hook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Swift, sharp overview of the bureaucratic bumbling, monarchical hubris and Slavic gloom that undermined the Czarist empire as it was sucked into the War To End All Wars (as if). Docked a star because only one mention of Rasputin, so far.