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The grand strategy of the Russian Empire, 1650-1831 /
At its height, the Russian empire covered eleven time zones and stretched from Scandinavia to the Pacific Ocean. Arguing against the traditional historical view that Russia, surrounded and threatened by enemies, was always on the defensive, John P. LeDonne contends that Russia developed a long-term...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I: The formation of Russia's grand strategy, 1650-1743
- 1. The geopolitical background
- The western theater
- The southern theater
- The eastern theater
- 2. Mobile armies
- Strategic penetration
- Concentrated deployment
- The economic foundation
- 3. Client states and societies
- Client states: the western theater
- Client societies: the western and southern theaters
- Client societies: the eastern theater
- II: Hegemonic expansionism, 1743-1796
- 4. Deep strikes
- Sweden, France, and Prussia
- The Russo-Turkish wars
- Marking time
- 5. Peripheral deployment
- After the seven years' war: 1763
- The emerging force structure: 1765-1796
- The fragmentation of the strategic force: 1796-1801
- 6. Economy, culture, client societies
- The economy
- The ideology of Russia's grand strategy
- Client states and societies
- III: The territorialization of the empire, 1797-1831
- 7. Strategic penetration
- Italy, Holland Sweden, and Turkey, 1799-1812
- The war with France, 1812-1815
- Persia, Turkey, and Poland, 1815-1831
- 8. Dispersion of the strategic force
- Growth of the army and deployment, 1801-1812
- War and peace, 1812-1831
- Peripheral deployment
- 9. Fortress empire
- The economy
- Client states and societies, old and new
- Army, police, ideology.