David R. Stone, The Russian Army in the Great War: The Eastern Front 1914-1917. Lawrence, Kansas University Press, 2015, vii, 359 pages

Abstract

David R. Stone’s The Russian Army in the Great War is impressive on many “fronts.” The jacket cover promises that the book is “thorough and thoroughly readable” and Stone delivers on these promises. Stone presents the military campaigns on the Eastern Front very effectively in compelling prose and in political and social context, integrating the winning and losing battles into the larger narrative of Russia’s overall performance during the war. He succeeds admirably in his “primary goal” of p...