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In this impressive study, David Rich demonstrates how the modernization of Russia's general staff during the second half of the nineteenth century reshaped its intellectual and strategic outlook and equipped the staff to play a strong, and at times dominant, role in shaping Russian foreign... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Setting & Locations edit
- East Prussia
- Germany
- Main Staff
- Austria-hungary
- St. Petersburg
- Warsaw
- Poland
- European Russia
- France
- Turkey
- Vilna
- Britain
- Kiev
- Balkans
- Constantinople
- Berlin
- Bulgaria
- Vienna
- Moscow
- England
- Vistula
- London
- Livadia
- Romania
- Odessa
- Crimea
- Rgvia
- Caucasus
- Moldce
- Reichstadt
- San Stefano
- Volhynia
- Plevna
- Black Sea
- Central Asia
- Bosnia
- Finland
- Herzegovina
- Bessarabia
First Sentence edit
Over a five-decade span, a group of Russian general staff officers-never more than a few dozen men at any time-learned to work and act in ways that inflamed the fear of the only potential menace to Russia, Germany.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Alan Rich (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 355.03354709034
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