Preface

Note on Translation and Transliteration

Introduction

The Emergence of General Staff Professionalism

Expert Knowledge and the Problem of Higher Military Staffs

Science and Military Statistics in Nicholas's Army

Main Staff Reform between Sevastopol and Sedan

Mortal Danger as Strategic Rebirth

The Main Staff Plans a War

Professionalism's Fruits

Experts versus Amateurs

Progress and Stalemate

Conclusion

Supplemental Data

Notes

Bibliography

Index

David Alan Rich is an independent scholar and a researcher at the U.S. Department of Justice.