'Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship, Stone's boldly conceived and brilliantly executed book opened the eyes of a generation of young British historians raised on tales of the Western trenches to the crucial importance of the Eastern Front in the First World War' Niall Ferguson 'Scholarly, lucid, entertaining, based on a thorough knowledge of Austrian and Russian sources, it sharply revises traditional assumptions about the First World War.' Michael Howard
By:
Norman Stone
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9780140267259
ISBN 10: 0140267255
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 26 June 2008
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
The army and the state in Tsarist Russia; the military imperative, July 1914; the opening round - East Prussia; the opening round -Galicia; the first war-winter, 1914-1915; the Austro-Hungarian emergency; the shell-shortage, 1915; the retreat, 1915; the political war-economy, 1916-1917; the second war-winter, 1915-1916; summer 1916; the Romanian campaign, 1916-1917; war and revolution, 1917.
Norman Stone is Professor at Bilkent University. He was Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford from 1984-1997.
Reviews for The Eastern Front 1914-1917
A landmark in its field. . . it is still the best book on the eastern front. --Orlando Figes, historian Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship. --Niall Ferguson, historian One of the outstanding historians of our age. Spectator One of the outstanding historians of our age. --Spectator Fills an enormous gap in our knowledge and understanding of the Great War. --Sunday Telegraph A classic account. . . that even after thirty years remains essential reading. --Sunday Times