Russian Empire and the World, 1700-1917

• IntroductionI. Russia and Its Western Frontier1.: The Destabilization of the Core Areas, 1700-682.: The Showdown, 1769-963.: Denouement and Epilogue, 1796-91II. Russia and its Southern Frontier4.: The Advance into the Frontier, 1700-915.: In Search of an Optimum of Conquest, 1792-18566.: The Showdown, 1856-1917III: Russia and Its Eastern Frontier7.: Early Relations, 1689-18488.: On the Offensive, 1848-949.: War and Peace, 1895-1917IV. The Containment of Russian Expansion, The Germanic Powers10.: The First Phase, 1700-9611.: Interlude, 1797-187012.: The Second Phase, 1871-1917V. The Containment of Russian Expansion, The Coastal Powers13.: A Basic Alternative, 1700-181514.: Hegemony and Containment, 1815-7915.: Triumph and Collapse, 1879-1917ConclusionNotesReferences and BibliographyIndex

This is a book which will prove to be invaluable reference work for all those interested in the history of Austria over the last century and a half./Tim Kirk University of Northumbria/EHR Juen 1999. His extremely compact text...The text is rich, and speaks with many voices: Sometimes it records individual motivation ("As early as 1774 or 1775, Potemkin conceived an 'eastern system.'")./Max J. Okenfuss, St. Louis./Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas 47 (1999). John Ledonne's new work is a significant exception...This work is at once impressive, ambitious, stimulating./Hugh Ragsdale/Foreign Affairs, March-April 1999. LeDonne provides a clear and richly detailed account of Russia's international relations.../ This densely written book is a good guide to the detail of Russian foreign policy.../ Peter Waldron, University of Sunderland, The Historical Association, 1999. this is no ordinary diplomatic history. There is a good deal of detail about treaties, IdemarchesI and military matters as there has to be in any study of foreign affairs./ David N. Collins, Leeds University, Jrnl??