The Tsar’s Colonels

Professionalism, Strategy, and Subversion in Late Imperial Russia

David Alan Rich

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$101.50 • £81.95 • €91.50

ISBN 9780674911116

Publication Date: 04/20/1999

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6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

5 computer line illustrations, 5 (8 pp.) tables

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Preface
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Introduction
The Emergence of General Staff Professionalism
- 1. Expert Knowledge and the Problem of Higher Military Staffs
- 2. Science and Military Statistics in Nicholas’s Army
- 3. Main Staff Reform between Sevastopol and Sedan
- 4. Mortal Danger as Strategic Rebirth
- 5. The Main Staff Plans a War
Professionalism’s Fruits
- 6. Experts versus Amateurs
- 7. Progress and Stalemate
- 8. Conclusion
Supplemental Data
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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