{"product_id":"9780698195561","title":"The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize\u003cbr\u003eAn Amazon Best Book of the Month (History)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the world’s leading scholars offers a fresh interpretation of the linked origins of World War I and the Russian Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lieven has a double gift: first, for harvesting details to convey the essence of an era and, second, for finding new, startling, and clarifying elements in familiar stories. This is history with a heartbeat, and it could not be more engrossing.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeign Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld War I and the Russian Revolution together shaped the twentieth century in profound ways. In \u003ci\u003eThe End of Tsarist Russia,\u003c\/i\u003e acclaimed scholar Dominic Lieven connects for the first time the two events, providing both a history of the First World War’s origins from a Russian perspective and an international history of why the revolution happened.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBased on exhaustive work in seven Russian archives as well as many non-Russian sources, Dominic Lieven’s work is about far more than just Russia. By placing the crisis of empire at its core, Lieven links World War I to the sweep of twentieth-century global history. He shows how contemporary hot issues such as the struggle for Ukraine were already crucial elements in the run-up to 1914.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBy incorporating into his book new approaches and comparisons, Lieven tells the story of war and revolution in a way that is truly original and thought-provoking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125327413488,"sku":"9780698195561","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698195561_p0.jpg?v=1763615019","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698195561","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}