All the Tsar's Men

All the Tsar's Men Russia's General Staff and the Fate of the Empire, 1898-1914

Hardback (07 May 2010)

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All the Tsar's Men examines how institutional reforms designed to prepare the Imperial Russian Army for the modern battlefield failed to prevent devastating defeats in both the 1905 Russo-Japanese War and World War I. John W. Steinberg argues that the General Staff officers who devised new educational and doctrinal reforms had the experience, dedication, and leadership skills to defend the empire in the new age of warfare but were continually impeded by institutionalized inefficiency and rigid control from their superiors. These officers, he explains, were operating within a command structure unwilling to grant them the autonomy necessary to effect significant reform, which proved disastrous for the army and-ultimately-the empire.

Book information

ISBN: 9780801895456
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 355.331094709041
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 383
Weight: 686g
Height: 234mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 39mm