Russia's First World War

Peter Gatrell is Professor of Economic History at the University of Manchester. He has written extensively on Russia, including (with Nick Baron) Homelands: W ar , Population and Statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia , 1918-1924 (2004) and the prize-winning book, A Whole Empire Walking: Refugees in Russia during World W ar I (1999).

• DedicationContentsList of tables and mapsPrefaceIntroduction1. The front line, 1914-19162. ‘Educated society' and the Russian elite3. Narod: plebeian society during the war4. Tsarist authority in question, 1915-19165. Mobilising industry: Russia's war economy at full stretch6. Paying for the war, Russian style7. Feeding Russia: food supply as Achilles' heel8. Economic nationalism and the mobilisation of ethnicity in the 'great patriotic war'9. Hierarchy subverted: the February Revolution and the Provisional Government10. Economic meltdown and revolutionary objectives: from European war to Civil War, 1917-191811. Russia's First World War: an overview

'In this mesmerising study…[the kaleidoscopic complexities and contradictions within Russian society as the country struggled to stay in the war are masterfully portrayed.' Professor Geoffrey Swain, University of the West of England'Gatrell is thorough and judicious in his judgments and analysis… one can read this volume with full confidence in the reliability of the information.' Daniel Orlovsky, Southern Methodist University, Dallas'I expect that this book will quickly find a wide audience...sure to remain a foundational text for a long time.'Joshua Sanborn, Lafayette College'the definitive work on the subject ... thoughtfully constructed and brilliantly executed'.'...just the sort of reliable account of its subject that has long been needed and will benefit both specialists and students.'Professor Lewis Siegelbaum  American Historical Review (vol. 111 no. 1, 2006)'a thought-provoking analysis ... will be the first port of call for anyone looking to understand either wartime Russia or the economic background to the 1917 Revolution'.Professor Ewan Mawdsley Russian Review (March 2006)