Dominic Lieven is a senior research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a fellow of the British Academy. He previously taught Russian Studies at the London School of Economics for thirty-three years. His last book, Russia Against Napoleon, won the 2009 Wolfson Prize for History and the Prix Napoleon.
"[Lieven’s] intimate familiarity with the Russia he describes and
his extensive study of the letters, diaries and books of the chief
actors in Russia’s descent 'towards the flames'—many not hitherto
accessible to historians—are what render this work so authoritative
and readable.”—The New York Times
“Lieven presents Russia’s road to war and revolution as a classical
tragedy—a fate driven by the character of both the country and its
rulers . . . [he] recovers a world that has been lost.”—The Wall
Street Journal
"Lieven resoundingly impresses, not the least when he goes out on a
limb with many fresh and original claims... It is not often
that a work of outstanding scholarship is also a gripping read.
That, however, is precisely what Lieven has delivered.”—Minneapolis
Star-Tribune
“[T]he notion that Russia, lying at the periphery of Europe, was as
the center of things infuses Dominic Lieven’s masterly new view of
World War I.”—Boston Globe
"So valuable because it gives insight into why Russia was so
unprepared for a war that ultimately resulted in a near-century of
agony for its people."—Washington Post
"Lieven’s interpretation is the result of his own heroic research
endeavours in newly available Russian foreign ministry archives.
But his insights are more than professional; they are personal....
His stimulating book, deeply researched yet written with all
the bravura of his aristocratic forebears, convinced this reviewer
at least."—Financial Times
"A gripping, poignant and in some respects revolutionary
contribution to European history."—The Economist
"Not just one of the greatest historians on Russia, but also a
great writer."—Antony Beevor, Independent (UK)
“The End of Tsarist Russia is a book of immense scholarship and
engaging readability. Through an eastern window rarely opened to
Western gaze, it illuminates the end of Europe's old order and the
explosive start of the twentieth century. A century later, we are
still struggling with this era’s epic legacies.”—David Reynolds,
author of The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth
Century
“This is a great book by a great historian filled with riches—not
just about the end of Tsarism and the Revolution, but offering the
most original of all recent account of the outbreak of war in 1914.
It has uncanny internal knowledge of the state apparatus, terrific
explanatory power and judgment--and such narrative power that I
found it hard to put down.”—John A Hall, Professor of Comparative
Historical Sociology, McGill University
“Readers who, after two years of vigorous debate among historians,
are looking for a judicious assessment will find this book
absorbing as well as indispensable in their teaching and
research.”—V.R. Berghahn, Columbia University
“Lieven’s insight into the mentalities of early twentieth century
Russian statesmen is unrivalled. As a result, he presents the
fullest and most nuanced picture we have of Russia's halting but in
the end determined entry into the First World War. This book
supersedes all previous ones on the subject.”—Geoffrey Hosking,
Emeritus Professor of Russian History, University College London
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