The Russian Origins of the First World War

The Russian Origins of the First World War

Sean McMeekin2011
In a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the war’s beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a miscalculation. The key to the outbreak of violence, he argues, lies in St. Petersburg. Russian statesmen unleashed the war through policy decisions based on imperial ambitions in the Near East.
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Bryan Alexander@bryanalexander
4 stars
Jul 29, 2021