The military reforms of Nicholas I : the origins of the modern Russian army / Frederick W. Kagan.
The military reforms of Nicholas I : the origins of the modern Russian army / Frederick W. Kagan.
The military reforms of Nicholas I : the origins of the modern Russian army / Frederick W. Kagan.
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
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1999.
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N355.3094709/1
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English
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xii, 337 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
I. Alexander's Legacy: Russia's Administrative-Financial Crisis to 1825 -- II. Military Reform and the Codification of Law, 1825-1833 -- III. Two Failed Reforms, 1827-1828 -- IV. Lessons Lost: The Problems of the 1828 Campaign in Turkey -- V. The War of Administration, 1828-1829 -- VI. Preliminary R...
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
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1999.
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In the 1830s, Russia was facing a crisis: The army was poorly organized, the administration was underdeveloped, inefficient, and corrupt, and the state was too poor to bear the strain. His senior military and financial advisors alerted Nicholas I to the crisis, and he then deliberately tried to conceal it. This situation, which escaped observers at...
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The military reforms of Nicholas I : the origins of the modern Russian army / Frederick W. Kagan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-274) and index.
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N355.3094709/1
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0312219288 (hbk.)
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0312219288
9780312219284 (hbk.)
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355.3094709034
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