The Imperial Russian Army in peace, war, and revolution, 1856-1917 / Roger R. Reese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reese, Roger R., author.

Series:

Modern war studies.

Modern war studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Military--Russia--History--19th century.

Sociology, Military.

Sociology, Military--Russia--History--20th century.

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

Russia.

Russia--History, Military--20th century.

Russia. Armii︠a︡--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 494 pages) : illustrations ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]

Summary:

"This book is a social history of the Russian Army of the late imperial period that exposes the myths and corrects misinformation and misconceptions that have grown up around the history of the Imperial Russian Army. Through the use of recently available primary sources, Roger Reese demonstrates that the existing works of history provide a one-sided view of army life from the perspective of the most conservative officers, who were ignorant to the reality of the soldiers' lives. Reese argues that the existing explanations for the collapse of the Imperial Russian Army are either inadequate or inaccurate: World War One itself was not the only catalyst for the army's collapse; the officer corps failed to learn from the 1905 Revolution, which gave them all the information that they needed to avoid another revolt by soldiers; and the mutinies of the soldiers and heightened disaffection of Russian society in general should have been a wake-up call for the military to drastically change the relationship between officers and men, yet it went unheeded." --Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. Personnel policy, everyday life, and the mentality of the Imperial Army

Officer manning policies, 1856-1914

Educating the Imperial Russian Officer Corps, 1856-1903

The officers' regiment

The soldiers' regiment

The transition from an army of honor to an army of virtue, 1874-1904

The political nature of the officer corps

Part 2. War, revolution, and their aftermath

The Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878

The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

The Revolution of 1905

The constitutional period, 1906-1914

The First World War and Revolution

The First World War: officers at war, July 1914-March 1917

The soldiers at war, July 1914-March 1917

Wartime officer-enlisted relations

The February Revolution

Officer-enlisted relations, March-October 1917.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-489) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7006-2861-4

OCLC:

1149070058