All the Tsar’s Men: Russia’s General Staff and the Fate of the Empire, 1898-1914
All the Tsar's Men: Russia's General Staff and the Fate of the Empire, 1898-1914 by
John W. Steinberg ISBN: 9780801895456
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press on March 18th 2010
Genres: History,
Europe,
Russia & the Former Soviet Union,
General Pages: 408
Len's Summary: A study in the institutional reforms that failed to prevent defeat in either the Russo-Japanese War or WWI. // The author ties the fate of empire to only partially successful efforts to create a truly professional officer corps in Russia in the wake of the Russo-Japanese War debacle.