"Rusland." . . "Rusland" . "Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Causes." . . "Första världskriget 1914-1918 Ryssland." . . "Första världskriget 1914-1918 Ryssland" . "Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Russie." . . "Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) Russie." . "HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union" . . "Imperialism." . . "Imperialism" . "Eerste Wereldoorlog." . . "Wojna światowa (1914-1918) przyczyny." . . "War Causes." . . "War Causes" . "Weltkrieg." . . "Weltkrieg" . "Ryssland" . . "Impérialisme Histoire 20e siècle." . . "World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Middle East." . . "World War (1914-1918)" . . . "Rosja" . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Ursache." . . . . "Diplomatic relations." . . "Diplomatic relations" . "Wojna światowa (1914-1918) kampanie i bitwy front wschodni." . . "Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Campagnes et batailles Front oriental." . . "Russland." . . "Russland" . "Russia" . . "Russia." . "Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) Campagnes et batailles Russie." . . "1910-1919" . . "Wojna światowa (1914-1918) Rosja." . . "Eastern Front (World War (1914-1918))" . . "Ontstaansgeschiedenis." . . "Första världskriget 1914-1918 militära operationer östfronten." . . "Första världskriget 1914-1918 militära operationer östfronten" . "World War, 1914-1918 Russia." . . "Kriegsursache." . . "Kriegsursache" . "Oorzaken." . . "HISTORY / Military / World War I" . . "Wojna światowa (1914-1918) kampanie i bitwy Bliski Wschód." . . "Military campaigns." . . "Military campaigns" . "Oroszország története 1914-1918." . . "Imperialism History 20th century." . . "Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) Origines." . . "Första världskriget 1914-1918 orsaker." . . "Första världskriget 1914-1918 orsaker" . "1894 - 1999" . . . . . . . . . . "The Russian origins of the first world war" . "Main description: The catastrophe of the First World War, and the destruction, revolution, and enduring hostilities it wrought, make the issue of its origins a perennial puzzle. Since World War II, Germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Now, in a major reinterpretation of the conflict, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notions of the war's beginning as either a Germano-Austrian preemptive strike or a 0tragedy of miscalculation.0 Instead, he proposes that the key to the outbreak of violence lies in St. Petersburg.It was Russian statesmen who unleashed the war through conscious policy decisions based on imperial ambitions in the Near East. Unlike their civilian counterparts in Berlin, who would have preferred to localize the Austro-Serbian conflict, Russian leaders desired a more general war so long as British participation was assured. The war of 1914 was launched at a propitious moment for harnessing the might of Britain and France to neutralize the German threat to Russia's goal: partitioning the Ottoman Empire to ensure control of the Straits between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.Nearly a century has passed since the guns fell silent on the western front. But in the lands of the former Ottoman Empire, World War I smolders still. Sunnis and Shiites, Arabs and Jews, and other regional antagonists continue fighting over the last scraps of the Ottoman inheritance. As we seek to make sense of these conflicts, McMeekin's powerful exposé of Russia's aims in the First World War will illuminate our understanding of the twentieth century." . . . . . . "The Russian origins of the First World War" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Russian Origins of the First World War" . . . "Argues that Russian ambitions to dismantle the Ottoman Empire explain much about World War I, that is unsatisfactorily explained otherwise." . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "˜Theœ Russian Origins of the First World War" . . . . . . . "Világháború 1." . . "Russie" . . "World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Eastern Front." . . "Weltkrieg (1914-1918)" . . "den 1. verdenskrig" . . "Första världskriget 1914-1918 militära operationer Mellanöstern." . . "Första världskriget 1914-1918 militära operationer Mellanöstern" . "Imperializm 20 w." . . "Middle East." . . "Middle East" . "World War, 1914-1918 Causes." . . "Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Campagnes et batailles Moyen-Orient." . .