Military History Of Tsarist Russia, The

This is the first overview in English of the rise of the armed forces in Russia, from the Muscovite army of the fifteenth century through the Napoleon in 1812-1815. Essays also highlight the ideological conflict between Westernization and Russiafication, and the revolution that brought down the Romanovs in 1917. Review: "'Both the scholar and the general reader will find good reading and good military history.'-Lt. Col Robert B. Kane, USAF Air and Space Power Journal" Contents: Introduction: The Foundations of Muscovite Military Power, 1453-1613; F.W.Kagan& R.Higham The Romanov Transformation, 1613-1725; B.Davies The Imperial Russian Army, 1725-1796; P.Bushkovitch Paul I and Catherine II's Military Legacy, 1762-1801; B.Menning Russia's Wars with Napoleon, 1805-1815; B.Menning The Russia's Small Wars, 1805-1861; F.W.Kagan The Russian Army 1853-1881; F.W.Kagan The Imperial Russian Navy, 1696-1900: The Ambiguous Legacy of Peter's 'Second Arm'; F.W.Kagan The Russo-Japanese War; J.Kipp Mukden to Tannenberg: Defeat to Defeat, 1905-1917; D.Schimmelpenninck The Imperial Army in World War I, 1914-1917; B.Menning Russia's Geopolitical Dilemma and the Question of Backwardness; D.Jones Author Biography: FREDERICK W. KAGAN is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, USA. ROBIN HIGHAM is Professor of History at Kansas State University, USA.