Strategy and Power In Russia 1600 - 1914

"William Fuller's book is a pioneering effort to trace the evolution of military power and military strategy of tsarist Russia during the rule of the Romanov dynasty. It is pioneering in the sense that it treats military history much more broadly than is customarily done by viewing it in the context of the country's political, social, and economic structures. Given the central position which the army occupied in Russia's history and the role which its decline after the mid-nineteenth century played in the collapse of tsarism, this is a major achievement."