The Tsar's colonels : professionalism, strategy, and subversion in late Imperial Russia / David Alan Rich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rich, David Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia--History, Military--1801-1917.

Russia.

Russia. Armii︠a︡. Glavnyĭ shtab--History.

Russia. Generalnyi shtab--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Alan Rich weaves together several levels of narrative to show how the increasingly sophisticated, scientific, and positivistic work attitudes and habits Russia's general staff during the second half of the nineteenth century acculturated younger officers, redefining their relationship with, and responsibilities to, the state.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-287) and index.

ISBN:

0-674-05964-6

OCLC:

50679731