This book provides an historical perspective on the growth of Russian military power, studying the emergence of the Russian regular army from 1700 until the end of the eighteenth century. In the process he evaluates the relative importance of Western and native influences on the creation of this formidable military machine, and indicates the ways in which Russian power was projected in the West.
The book includes general discussions of the Russian soldier, the Russian officer and the rapacious Cossacks, and concludes by identifying certain important continuities between the Russian past and present.
- ISBN10 0785529160
- ISBN13 9780785529163
- Publish Date 1 December 1985 (first published 8 October 1981)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint State Mutual Book & Periodical Service
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 256
- Language English