{"product_id":"the-russian-army-in-the-great-war-the-eastern-front-19141917-modern-war-studies","title":"The Russian Army in the Great War: The Eastern Front  1914-1917 (Modern War Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA full century later  our picture of World War I remains one of wholesale  pointless slaughter in the trenches of the Western front. Expanding our focus to the Eastern front  as David R. Stone does in this masterly work  fundamentally altersand clarifiesthat picture. A thorough  and thoroughly readable  history of the Russian front during the First World War  this book corrects widespread misperceptions of the Russian Army and the war in the east even as it deepens and extends our understanding of the broader conflict.  Of the four empires at war by the end of 1914the Austro-Hungarian  Ottoman  German  and Russiannone survived. But specific political  social  and economic weaknesses shaped the way Russia collapsed and returned as a radically new Soviet regime. It is this context that Stones work provides  that gives readers a more judicious view of Russias war on the home front as well as on the front lines. One key and fateful difference in the Russian experience emerges here: its failure to systematically and comprehensively reorganize its society for war  while the three westernmost powers embarked on programs of total mobilization.  Context is also vital to understanding the particular rhythm of the war in the east. Drawing on recent and newly available scholarship in Russian and in English  Stone offers a nuanced account of Russias military operations  concentrating on the uninterrupted sequence of campaigns in the first 18 months of war. The eastern empires race to collapse underlines the critical importance of contingency in the complete story of World War I. Precisely when and how Russia lost the war was influenced by the structural strengths and weaknesses of its social and economic system  but also by the outcome of events on the battlefield. By bringing these events into focus  and putting them into context  this book corrects and enriches our picture of World War I  and of the true strengths and weaknesses  triumphs and successes of the Russian Army in the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983935402037,"sku":"ByrdShop_0700620958","price":44.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780700620951.jpg?v=1770814709","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-russian-army-in-the-great-war-the-eastern-front-19141917-modern-war-studies","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}