| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 287 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Greater War
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Greater war.
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| Summary |
"Describes the collapse of the Russian Empire during World War One. Drawing material from nine different archives and hundreds of published sources, this study ties together state failure, military violence, and decolonization in a single story. The volume moves chronologically from the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 through the fierce battles and massive human dislocations of 1914-17 to the final collapse of the Russian Empire in the midst of revolution in 1917-18. Imperial Apocalypse is the first major study which treats the demise of the empire as part of the twentieth-century phenomenon of modern decolonization, and it provides an account of military activity and political change throughout this turbulent period of war and revolution"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The outbreak of war and the transformation of the borderlands -- 2. The front migrates -- 3. Remobilizing the military: combat Innovation, POWs, and forced labor -- 4. Remobilizing society: nurses, doctors, and social control -- 5. Revolution -- 6. Decolonization -- Conclusion : Imperial apocalypse. |
| Subject |
Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia.
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World War (1914-1918) |
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Russia. |
| Chronological Term |
1894-1918 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| ISBN |
9780199642052 (hardback) |
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0199642052 (hardback) |
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