Passage Through Armageddon: The Russians in War & Revolution 1914-18

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One of our foremost historians of Russia dramatically recounts the story of how the Russian people lived through the terrible gales of war and revolution that swept their land between 1914 and 1918; based on documents up to now inaccessible. Contents Preface Prologue 1914 I “It Is a Wide Road That Leads to the War” II The Fall Campaigns III The War’s First Winter 1915 IV The Road to Disaster V Russia’s Great Retreat VI The Tsar Takes Command VII New Ways of Politics 1916 VIII The Roots of Upheaval IX The Brusilov Offensive X “Dancing a Last Tango” XI “Is This Stupidity or Is This Treason?” 1917 XII “Down with the Tsar!” XIII New Men and Old Policies XIV “To Keep the Swing from Going Over the Top” XV Kerenskii Takes Charge XVI Lenin Seizes Power 1918 XVII Birth Pangs of a New Order XVIII Peace and War Epilogue Notes Works and Sources Cited Index