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In this vivid reinterpretation of the Russian Empire's World War I, Joshua Sanborn provocatively and effectively reframes it as a war of decolonization and state collapse. Written in crisp and entertaining prose, this thought-provoking book is the most interesting and readable book published on Russia's World War I in recent times. Eric Lohr, American University, Washington This magnificent book is full of insights, with a robust challenge to received wisdom. Sanborn's talent as a writer makes the catastrophic story of imperial state failure a joy to read. Alan Kramer, University College Dublin If the Eastern Front remains the forgotten front , readers will have only themselves to blame, as Joshua Sanborn gives us a fresh, insightful look at the East in these crucial years. Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of War in 1914

In this vivid reinterpretation of the Russian Empire's World War I, Joshua Sanborn provocatively and effectively reframes it as a war of decolonization and state collapse. Written in crisp and entertaining prose, this thought-provoking book is the most interesting and readable book published on Russia's World War I in recent times. Eric Lohr, American University, Washington This magnificent book is full of insights, with a robust challenge to received wisdom. Sanborn's talent as a writer makes the catastrophic story of imperial state failure a joy to read. Alan Kramer, Trinity College Dublin He is a well-informed and admirably plain Historian. He clearly realises the interest his subject holds beyond the acadamey. Andre Van Loon, Military History Monthly. If the Eastern Front remains the forgotten front , readers will have only themselves to blame, as Joshua Sanborn gives us a fresh, insightful look at the East in these crucial years. Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of War in 1914 An outstanding contribution to the spate of books marking the centenary of the Great War. P.E. Heineman, CHOICE Sanborn's book is thus at once an everyday life history of the Russian Front, a gripping narrative of the key battles in which the Russian Empire participated, and a sophisticated conceptual argument about the stages of decolonization during the First World War. The Russian Review a wonderful book. It takes the reader to the heart of the experience of Russian participants in the Great War in an original and unprecedented way ... In terms of depth of description, sensitivity to the subject matter, elegance of expression, and originality of approach, Joshua A. Sanborn has few rivals. His breadth of vision not only encompasses crucial but often overlooked episodes ... he also shows their importance to the story. Christopher Read, American Historical Review

In this vivid reinterpretation of the Russian Empire's World War I, Joshua Sanborn provocatively and effectively reframes it as a war of decolonization and state collapse. Written in crisp and entertaining prose, this thought-provoking book is the most interesting and readable book published on Russia's World War I in recent times. Eric Lohr, American University, Washington This magnificent book is full of insights, with a robust challenge to received wisdom. Sanborn's talent as a writer makes the catastrophic story of imperial state failure a joy to read. Alan Kramer, Trinity College Dublin He is a well-informed and admirably plain Historian. He clearly realises the interest his subject holds beyond the acadamey. If the Eastern Front remains the forgotten front , readers will have only themselves to blame, as Joshua Sanborn gives us a fresh, insightful look at the East in these crucial years. Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of War in 1914 An outstanding contribution to the spate of books marking the centenary of the Great War. P.E. Heineman, CHOICE

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Joshua A. Sanborn is the author of two previous books: Drafting the Russian Nation: Military Conscription, Total War, and Mass Politics, 1905-1925 and, with co-author Annette Timm, Gender, Sex, and the Shaping of Modern Europe: A History from the French Revolution to the Present Day. He lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children.

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