Military History Of Tsarist Russia, The

Description: 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.